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Forrest Caves (Phillip Island) surfForecast / VIC – Phillip Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 19 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Forrest Caves (Phillip Island) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Forrest Caves (Phillip Island) sea temperature is
18.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Forrest Caves (Phillip Island) today?

The current surf forecast for Forrest Caves (Phillip Island) at 5PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (19 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

Table - waves today at Forrest Caves (Phillip Island). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
SW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)1414136613121212121224232120201918171716161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1218987616257555453525287180287412537679786118712591305161120072023
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
15
ENE
15
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
SE
30
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:19PM
1.63
2:03AM
1.98
1:21PM
1.68
2:44AM
2.06
2:16PM
1.74
3:19AM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:12AM
1.13
7:01PM
0.45
8:06AM
1.02
7:51PM
0.40
8:50AM
0.90
8:36PM
0.37
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thu
22
Sunrise6:13-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset----8:42-------8:42-------8:40---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162124242218171617202121201815151518181716151414
Feels °C (?)111821181714141315181615151512131316151311867
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