Fort Dauphin 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 25.01° S 46.99° E

Issued: 8 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fort Dauphin sea temperature is

21.3°C

Fort Dauphin 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 Fort Dauphin today (04 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 2PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EAT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	8s
Afternoon (04 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	8s
Evening (04 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 22°C on Sun morning, min 20°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 4						Monday 5								Tuesday 6
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	SSW 12	SE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	727	825	824	742	742	710	649	592	594	538	672	766	763	805	730	716	703	703	684	684	45	28
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide			11:26AM0.23m			7:30PM0.20m					11:14AM0.19m			6:16PM0.25m				7:45AM0.20m				6:33PM0.30m
Low Tide	4:06AM0.09m				4:25PM0.20m			2:58AM0.11m				12:01PM0.19m				1:47AM0.09m				12:20PM0.15m


	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—
mm	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	21	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	21
Feels °C	20	20	21	21	20	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	18	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SE 10
kJ	56	28	28	28	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	35	34	55	50	49	46	46	45	28
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 13	SE 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 15	S 17	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	S 18	ESE 10	SSW 11
kJ	14	14	7	12	12	11	10	2	2	8	8	8	7	4	6	12	12	12	12	6	10	25
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	—	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 18	—	—	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 20	S 18	SSW 17
kJ	4	7	7	7	7	—	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	—	—	5	5	5	4	8	6	27
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 8	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	727	825	824	742	742	710	649	592	594	538	672	766	763	805	730	716	703	703	684	684	561	545
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	3	3	3	3	4	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	10	372	951	952	951	950	950	376	376	376	951	952	951	372	372	372	372	372	951	951	372	372
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Rating (10 max)	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1						1	1	1				1	1	1	1	1			1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	5	8	9	9	9	4	9	4	4	9	9

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