Fort Dauphin Surf Break

Lat Long: 25.01° S 46.99° E

Fort Dauphin 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fort Dauphin sea temperature is
21.1°C
1.8° 

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 (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 6AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:00am September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (10 Sep)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (10 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 18°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Thu morning, calm by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
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)
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
E
8
2.2
E
8
2.2
E
8
2.5
E
8
2.5
E
8
2.5
E
8
1
S
11
0.9
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
11
0.9
SSE
11
2
E
8
2
E
8
2
E
8
0.7
SSW
15
0.7
SSW
15
0.6
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
14
1.7
E
8
1.5
E
8
0.9
SSW
18
1.1
SSW
18
1.4
SSW
17
1.5
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
560
550
567
756
826
804
247
198
194
191
552
566
552
231
222
160
104
383
309
591
808
1061
1091
1195
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
N
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
glassy
glassy
High Tide
8:10AM0.28m
8:14PM0.41m
8:30AM0.31m
8:37PM0.43m
8:52AM0.34m
9:00PM0.42m
Low Tide
2:34AM0.03m
2:00PM0.04m
2:50AM0.01m
2:24PM0.02m
3:07AM-0.00m
2:47PM0.01m
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:54
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:43
5:43
5:44
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
21
20
19
20
22
22
20
20
19
18
18
22
25
24
22
21
20
19
19
22
23
23
22
21
Feels °C
18
18
17
17
17
18
17
18
17
16
17
20
22
21
20
20
20
19
20
23
23
23
24
23
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