Hopscotch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.81° S 168.53° E

Issued: 10 pm 19 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hopscotch sea temperature is

25.8°C

Hopscotch 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 Hopscotch today (20 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hopscotch at 2AM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	8s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	8s
Evening (20 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 22°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Mon 19		Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 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	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	536	572	671	646	509	460	449	404	435	537	811	854	740	733	727	804	740	646
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			00:00AM0.99m				1:47PM1.06m				1:01AM1.02m					2:19PM1.13m
Low Tide	6:38PM0.72m				6:54AM0.36m				7:34PM0.65m				7:38AM0.34m					8:17PM0.57m


	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	23	22	22	23	24	24	23	23	23	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Feels °C	19	19	18	18	19	20	20	18	19	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	19	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 12
kJ	125	81	121	151	142	110	81	57	63	56	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	S 13	S 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 13	SSE 12	S 15	E 15	E 14	N 9	S 10	S 10	SE 10	SE 10
kJ	13	11	14	14	17	17	16	29	16	13	19	4	4	1	2	2	4	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 14	SE 14	SSE 14	S 13	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	N 9	N 9	N 9	N 10	E 15	S 17	S 10	S 10
kJ	4	14	7	18	13	5	5	21	20	20	2	1	2	2	4	6	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8
kJ	536	572	671	646	509	460	449	404	435	537	811	854	740	733	727	804	740	646
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	1	4	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1
Distance (km)	531	531	531	531	531	910	1850	1822	531	531	531	531	531	1620	917	1864	531	531
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