Fairhaven Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.47° S 144.10° E

Fairhaven 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 04 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fairhaven sea temperature is
13.9°C
0.9° 

Fairhaven surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Fairhaven today (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairhaven at 8AM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)13ft (4.0m)16s
Afternoon (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (04 Sep)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Fri night, light winds from the SW by Sun morning).

Friday
4
Saturday
5
Sunday
6
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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5
4
3
2
2
3
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1
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3
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
15
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
3
SW
15
3.5
WSW
14
3
SW
13
3.5
SW
11
3.5
SW
12
3
SW
12
3
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.3
SW
13
2.4
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
8047
7831
7054
6723
6388
6206
6206
5409
4896
4301
3952
3185
2982
4295
5199
3502
2929
2797
2574
3420
2390
1810
2036
1185
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
35
NNW
30
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
W
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
4:07AM1.94m
3:42PM1.80m
4:50AM1.89m
4:17PM1.77m
5:38AM1.81m
4:56PM1.71m
Low Tide
10:01AM0.60m
10:11PM0.04m
10:39AM0.70m
10:53PM0.06m
11:21AM0.81m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:41
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:05
 mm
1
1
1
3
1
Temp °C
11
7
7
11
14
15
14
12
13
15
15
14
14
13
12
12
13
13
13
14
15
15
12
10
Feels °C
7
3
2
6
8
11
11
9
10
11
9
8
7
6
6
6
7
9
10
12
12
13
9
7
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