Fishtraps 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 21.06° S 175.33° W

Issued: 6 am 15 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fishtraps sea temperature is

23.4° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fishtraps today (15 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 6s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Jul, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fishtraps at 11AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am July 15). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (+13) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	14s
Afternoon (15 Jul)	6ft (1.8m)	6s
Evening (15 Jul)	6.5ft (2.0m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu night, min 20°C on Wed morning). Mainly strong winds.
	Wednesday 15							Thursday 16								Friday 17								Sat 18
	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	1 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	2	2	1	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 7	S 8	S 8	SW 23	SW 20	SW 19	SW 19	SW 19	SW 18	SW 18	SW 18	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15
Wave Graph
kJ	245	245	198	187	255	297	341	342	153	157	80	138	303	614	608	552	1018	1099	1180	1261	1123	1001	975	1014
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:40AM1.53m				8:28PM1.36m				8:36AM1.52m				9:23PM1.39m				9:32AM1.49m					10:15PM1.41m
Low Tide	1:26AM0.20m				2:11PM-0.04m				2:25AM0.18m				3:04PM-0.04m				3:22AM0.17m				3:56PM-0.00m


	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:18	—	—	—	—	—	7:16
	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:15	—	—	6:16
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	21	21
Feels °C	13	12	12	13	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	S 8	S 8	SW 13	SW 13	SW 19	SW 19	SW 19	S 8	SW 18	SW 18	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15
kJ	245	245	198	187	144	111	109	87	153	157	63	63	303	614	608	153	1018	1099	1180	1261	1123	1001	975	1014
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SSW 13	SSE 10	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SW 21	SW 13	SW 13	SW 23	SW 20	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 18	SSE 19	SW 12	SE 19	SE 18	SE 17	SE 17	SE 16	SE 16
kJ	67	31	34	28	46	26	43	71	88	63	80	138	68	97	111	552	37	126	170	252	243	295	314	367
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	NW 16	SSW 12	NE 9	SW 23	S 16	SW 22	S 15	SW 21	SW 20	SW 19	S 13	S 12	S 12	NW 16	SW 13	SSE 12	SE 19	SSE 10	—	S 19	NW 15	SE 10	SE 10
kJ	57	10	29	3	21	20	18	17	112	105	59	14	12	25	10	109	14	93	10	—	7	9	27	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 7	E 6	E 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7
kJ	151	216	221	221	255	297	341	342	200	173	304	332	297	312	340	213	294	290	306	328	319	346	374	326
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	2	5	6	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Distance (km)	861	850	1885	1885	1901	1901	850	850	850	850	850	850	850	1877	850	861	850	850	850	850	850	850	850	861
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Rating (10 max)	6	7	7	7	4	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	9	6	6	6	7	5	5

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