Fairhaven surfForecast / VIC – Torquay / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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Fairhaven surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fairhaven sea temperature is
17.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairhaven today?

The current surf forecast for Fairhaven at 3PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (16 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Fairhaven. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
3
2
4
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212111014111213131313131313121211111111111210
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)939723699690114628341270297230203650326434082917316026101771149912361106949821743309300
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NNE
5
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------
Sunset---5:54-------5:53-------5:52----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
----1----1--------------
Temp. °C1318222115141413131314141312111010121413111099
Feels °C (?)10131717111110109778877679111110977
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