Garie Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.17° S 151.07° E

Issued: 9 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Garie Beach sea temperature is

18.4°C

Garie Beach 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 Garie Beach today (02 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Garie Beach at 3PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 02). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Afternoon (02 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s
Evening (02 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 2						Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	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	1 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	17	7	7	6	12	8	8	6	6	6	24	21	33	63	78	78	74	51	105	247	328	382
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SE	S	E	N	NE	SW	NNW	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	WNW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	on	on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	on	on	on	glassy
High Tide			12:11PM1.46m					1:10AM0.97m				1:19PM1.42m				3:34AM0.94m				2:35PM1.39m
Low Tide	5:32AM0.39m					7:12PM0.26m			6:36AM0.46m					8:30PM0.27m				7:55AM0.51m				9:46PM0.24m


	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	4	4	1	1	5	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	20	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	16	15	15	18	17	17	16	16
Feels °C	17	19	19	18	19	20	19	18	18	17	18	17	16	17	16	15	14	15	12	13	14	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 5	NE 7	S 5	S 5	S 8	S 8	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	S 8
kJ	204	176	140	107	104	102	122	5	160	2	2	6	33	346	392	398	390	322	274	250	235	382
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 18	S 5	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 14	S 14	NE 13	ENE 8
kJ	17	7	7	6	8	8	8	6	4	6	24	21	20	63	78	78	74	51	4	4	7	235
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 18	S 18	S 10	S 9	S 5	—	S 15	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	—	—	—	S 15
kJ	4	4	4	4	6	6	2	6	6	2	2	2	—	17	6	5	5	4	—	—	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 2	SSW 3	S 4	SSW 4	S 5	—	—	NE 7	—	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	—	—	SSW 4	S 6	S 7	S 8	—
kJ	1	3	5	6	12	—	—	160	—	140	140	156	200	569	580	—	—	10	105	247	328	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	2
Distance (km)	14	26	15	14	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	26	53	3	0	0	14	14	139	59	26	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	4	2	2	2		3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	3	1	1	4	4	5	5	5	1	1	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7

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