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Fourth Beach surfForecast / WA – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AWST
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Fourth Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fourth Beach sea temperature is
20.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fourth Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Fourth Beach at 2PM is: 1.5m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)14s
Afternoon (21 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

Table - waves today at Fourth Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131212121212131312121219181816
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1244124410288336595635124373352772681901901591962062091961901873055419432498
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
20
E
30
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
35
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
15
NNE
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:52PM
0.53
12:16AM
0.98
1:07PM
0.58
12:40AM
0.90
1:27PM
0.64
12:57AM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
0.16
5:24PM
0.34
7:24AM
0.22
6:02PM
0.36
7:33AM
0.29
6:44PM
0.41
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise-5:01-------5:03-------5:03------
Sunset----7:04-------7:04-------7:02---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161921232019171515203033342220191920212019181717
Feels °C (?)141616181413111010142530321717171618171614141415
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