Surf Break

Lat Long: 25.01° S 46.99° E

Fort Dauphin 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fort Dauphin sea temperature is
21.3°C
1.9° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 18s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fort Dauphin at 2PM is: 0.7m 18s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 08:00am October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (EAT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (08 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 20°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
ESE
8
1.5
ESE
8
1.2
E
8
0.8
SSW
18
0.8
SSW
18
1.4
SE
10
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1.1
SW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
17
1.5
SSW
17
1.5
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
16
1.5
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
338
313
195
399
390
384
458
447
419
393
468
551
683
808
1081
1250
1081
1199
1273
1169
962
665
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
WSW
15
S
15
S
5
S
5
SSE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
10
E
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State
glassy
glassy
on
on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
7:30AM0.27m
7:17PM0.37m
7:47AM0.31m
7:41PM0.38m
8:07AM0.34m
8:04PM0.38m
Low Tide
1:13PM0.08m
1:57AM0.02m
1:39PM0.06m
2:11AM0.00m
2:05PM0.04m
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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5:24
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5:22
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5:53
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5:53
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5:54
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1
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Temp °C
21
23
24
24
23
22
21
21
20
23
25
24
23
22
22
21
21
24
25
24
23
23
Feels °C
23
25
25
26
26
24
23
23
21
25
25
24
25
25
25
24
24
25
24
24
23
23
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