Garie Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.17° S 151.07° E

Garie Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Garie Beach sea temperature is
18.1°C
0.3° 

Garie Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Garie Beach today (17 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Garie Beach at 11PM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)--
Afternoon (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (17 Sep)6ft (1.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
S
9
2.2
SSE
9
2
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
8
1.3
S
8
1.3
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.2
S
9
1
S
9
0.6
S
16
0.6
S
17
0.8
S
9
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
9
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1153
740
600
455
389
235
251
224
234
239
175
192
195
111
87
83
78
57
41
44
Wind (km/h)
20
SSE
15
ESE
5
E
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
0
NNW
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NW
15
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
20
W
15
WSW
10
SSE
10
W
25
W
15
SW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
00:51AM0.90m
1:07PM1.22m
2:04AM0.84m
2:14PM1.19m
Low Tide
7:04PM0.44m
6:17AM0.53m
8:15PM0.48m
7:18AM0.59m
9:31PM0.47m
clear
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>
5:52
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:47
5:49
 mm
Temp °C
15
14
13
12
11
10
11
17
21
19
19
18
18
18
18
24
27
28
23
20
Feels °C
11
11
12
10
9
7
8
15
17
16
17
14
12
12
13
19
24
24
17
15
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