
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fall Bay today (18 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Fall Bay at 10PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
| Evening (18 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Fall Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon afternoon, min 8°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue morning, near gales from the WNW by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 18 | Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 11 | W 13 | WSW 12 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 26 | 51 | 44 | 42 | 67 | 59 | 40 | 123 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 51 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | on |
High Tide | 00:06AM5.57m | 12:45PM5.62m | 1:33AM5.37m | 2:17PM5.64m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:45PM2.86m | 6:17AM3.07m | 7:20PM3.11m | 8:00AM3.14m | 8:55PM2.91m | ||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:48 | — | — | — | — | — | |
6:17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 10 | WSW 15 | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 11 | W 13 | WSW 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 5 |
34 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 44 | 28 | 67 | 59 | 40 | 123 | 32 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 29 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 15 | W 14 | W 14 | W 18 | W 18 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 12 | WSW 15 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 13 | S 3 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | W 10 |
— | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 51 | 28 | 42 | 23 | 22 | 35 | 1 | 50 | 49 | 28 | 27 | 51 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | W 19 | — | — | W 13 | W 12 | — | — | — | SE 3 | — | — | — | SW 5 | — | W 13 |
— | — | — | — | 7 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 28 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 3 | E 3 | ESE 4 | ESE 4 | SE 4 | SE 4 | SE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | SW 4 | S 4 |
1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 14 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 10 | 14 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 180 | 179 | 179 | 179 | 179 | 5 | 4 | 118 | 134 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 104 | 421 |
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