Fort Dauphin Surf Break

Lat Long: 25.01° S 46.99° E

Fort Dauphin 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 25 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fort Dauphin sea temperature is
23.3° C
0.4° 

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 (26 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Jul, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 1AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm July 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jul)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (26 Jul)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (26 Jul)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 18°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
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)
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
10
3
SW
10
3
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
13
3.5
SSW
13
3.5
SSW
12
3.5
SSW
12
3
S
12
3
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.1
SSE
10
2.3
S
10
2.1
S
10
2
SSE
10
1.3
S
19
1.5
S
18
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1745
2148
2697
3060
3392
3630
4381
3643
3228
2568
2184
1613
867
1060
847
717
1199
1407
Wind (km/h)
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:24PM0.24m
7:04AM0.19m
7:52PM0.28m
7:41AM0.21m
8:18PM0.31m
Low Tide
2:39AM0.13m
1:15PM0.09m
2:41AM0.11m
1:43PM0.06m
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:31
6:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:23
5:24
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
20
19
19
19
18
19
21
21
21
21
21
20
20
21
22
22
21
20
Feels °C
15
16
17
17
16
18
18
19
20
20
20
20
19
20
20
20
20
19
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