Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Freshwater Bay today (23 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 6s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Freshwater Bay at 12AM is: 3.0m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Oct) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 9s |
| Evening (23 Oct) | 6ft (1.9m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Freshwater Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 47mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat night, min 9°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSW on Thu afternoon, gales from the SW by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 22 | Friday 23 | Saturday 24 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | SW 11 | SW 16 | WSW 14 | WSW 10 | W 9 | W 8 | W 6 | W 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 10 | SW 11 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 506 | 138 | 389 | 1274 | 2508 | 3459 | 10736 | 11873 | 4034 | 2504 | 1406 | 449 | 585 | 381 | 258 | 622 | 1858 | 4559 | 6555 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 8:36PM2.06m | 9:20AM2.26m | 9:29PM2.20m | 10:04AM2.41m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:26PM0.75m | 2:38AM0.47m | 3:02PM0.53m | 3:14AM0.27m | 3:37PM0.31m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:57 | — | — |
mm | — | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Temp °C | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
Feels °C | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 3 | -5 | -4 | -2 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | — | — | SW 11 | SSE 8 | SE 7 | SW 14 | — | SW 14 | SW 10 | — | WSW 11 | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 506 | 138 | 110 | — | — | 3459 | 117 | 8 | 1712 | — | 355 | 400 | — | 229 | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | SE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | 413 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 9 | SSW 5 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 | SSW 9 | S 8 | SW 16 | WSW 14 | WSW 10 | W 9 | W 8 | W 6 | W 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 6 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SW 10 | SW 11 |
| kJ | 362 | 69 | 389 | 1274 | 2508 | 313 | 10736 | 11873 | 4034 | 2504 | 1406 | 449 | 585 | 381 | 258 | 622 | 1858 | 4559 | 6555 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 108 | 432 | 405 | 423 | 173 | 201 | 371 | 406 | 401 | 819 | 472 | 472 | 211 | 268 | 371 | 810 | 816 | 800 | 810 |
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