Hopscotch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.81° S 168.53° E

Issued: 4 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hopscotch sea temperature is

24.8°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 (27 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Hopscotch at 8AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	9s
Afternoon (27 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	9s
Evening (27 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 22°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 27								Monday 28								Tuesday 29
	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	1429	1343	1175	1050	951	773	772	676	603	576	562	562	566	331	323	385	524	524	461	405	396	358	349	341
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	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	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			5:10AM1.23m				5:31PM1.34m				5:55AM1.21m				6:03PM1.34m				6:43AM1.16m				6:40PM1.33m
Low Tide	11:11PM0.31m				11:17AM0.27m				11:50PM0.25m				11:52AM0.33m				00:33AM0.21m				12:31PM0.40m


	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:30	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23
Feels °C	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	ESE 15	SE 13	S 8	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 14	SE 14
kJ	58	58	57	57	39	38	22	21	44	21	44	45	27	232	197	168	37	36	36	35	35	22	72	65
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 16	ESE 14	SE 14	SE 14	SE 14	SE 15	SE 15	ESE 13	S 14	SE 13	S 14	S 14	S 12	SE 13	SE 13	SE 12	S 11	ESE 16	ESE 15	SE 15	SE 15	SE 15	S 12	S 11
kJ	24	18	29	52	33	33	33	16	14	44	16	15	11	43	42	39	9	24	22	34	34	33	11	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 14	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 12	S 12	S 11	SE 16	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 12	S 18	S 16
kJ	6	5	20	18	17	17	16	15	14	15	2	2	2	11	11	10	10	9	8	8	8	11	6	21
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	1429	1343	1175	1050	951	773	772	676	603	576	562	562	566	331	323	385	524	524	461	405	396	358	349	341
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	531	531	531	531	531	531	531	531	531	531	531	910	1822	1851	916	539	531	531	915	910	917	910	910	531
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