Surf Break

Lat Long: 25.01° S 46.99° E

Fort Dauphin 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Dauphin sea temperature is
23.5°C
0.3° 

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


How big are the waves at Fort Dauphin today (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 5AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am October 27). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (27 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (27 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 31°C on Tue morning, min 20°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ENE on Tue morning, calm by Tue night).

Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
SSW
12
0.7
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
11
0.8
S
10
0.8
S
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
9
0.9
SSW
9
0.9
SSW
9
1.3
SSW
9
1.6
SSW
9
1.7
S
9
1.8
S
9
1.7
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
133
165
162
131
100
104
106
123
111
151
202
143
125
123
96
81
98
144
141
260
442
463
505
461
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
0
NNE
5
NNW
5
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
W
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
8:42AM0.37m
8:37PM0.34m
9:07AM0.37m
9:03PM0.32m
9:34AM0.36m
Low Tide
2:30AM-0.02m
2:49PM0.03m
2:51AM-0.02m
3:19PM0.03m
3:12AM-0.01m
3:51PM0.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
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6:02
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6:04
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 mm
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1
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3
1
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Temp °C
21
20
20
28
31
28
24
23
22
22
22
27
28
25
24
23
22
21
20
20
20
21
21
21
Feels °C
20
20
20
27
28
27
24
24
24
25
25
28
29
27
25
25
24
22
20
19
18
19
22
21
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