Garie Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.17° S 151.07° E

Issued: 3 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Garie Beach at 8AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 02). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 8s 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)	1.5ft (0.5m)	4s
Evening (02 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 2								Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	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	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	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 4	S 5	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	17	17	17	7	9	10	8	8	8	6	6	6	24	21	21	69	99	99	92	109	158	269	291	263
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	S	SSE	ESE	S	W	W	NNW	ENE	NE	N	NNE	NNE	NE	N	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on
High Tide	11:58PM1.04m				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	2	7	4	1	3	6	7	4	1	2	—	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	20	17	20	19	19	19	18	17	16	16	17	19	18	17	18	17	16	15	17	16	17	16	16
Feels °C	19	17	16	19	18	20	21	19	19	17	17	17	18	17	16	20	17	16	13	14	13	13	13	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	S 16	S 8	S 8	NE 7	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	311	248	204	176	140	104	102	90	104	140	143	143	140	21	21	69	318	356	439	410	307	281	291	263
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 4	S 5	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 16	S 15	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 15	S 14	S 14	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	17	17	17	7	9	10	8	8	8	4	4	2	2	2	20	18	99	99	92	4	4	4	230	230
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 8	—	—	S 15	S 16	S 16	S 15	—	—	—	S 12
kJ	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	2	6	6	6	24	1	—	—	4	5	5	17	—	—	—	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 8	SSW 3	S 4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	SW 2	SW 3	S 8	S 7	S 7	—	—
kJ	423	407	3	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	215	176	200	221	499	1	3	109	158	269	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2
Distance (km)	2	2	14	26	15	14	2	2	2	2	2	2	32	9	0	0	9	14	15	15	31	326	31	15
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2		3	3
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