Hopscotch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.81° S 168.53° E

Issued: 10 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 6PM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am 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 Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 23°C on Mon morning, min 22°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 27						Monday 28								Tuesday 29
	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
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 9	SE 8	SE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
Wave Graph
kJ	1175	1050	951	790	772	676	603	534	521	509	509	512	512	461	472	219	425	196	151	351	349	333
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	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	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			11:17AM0.27m				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	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	23	22	23	23	22
Feels °C	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	20	20	20	20	19	21	20	21	21	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 9	S 8	ESE 15	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 9	SE 12	ENE 9	ENE 8	SE 12	SE 14	SE 14
kJ	57	57	37	38	22	21	44	44	44	44	27	43	42	39	38	266	36	249	212	35	72	65
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 14	SE 14	SE 14	SE 15	SE 15	ESE 13	S 13	S 8	S 14	S 14	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	SE 12	ESE 15	SE 12	SE 12	SE 15	S 12	S 11
kJ	29	52	33	33	33	16	14	12	16	15	11	11	3	10	9	36	22	35	35	33	11	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 14	S 10	—	S 10	S 10	S 10	SE 16	SE 16	ESE 16	S 10	SE 15	SE 15	S 12	S 18	S 17
kJ	20	18	17	17	16	15	14	15	2	—	2	2	2	10	10	24	8	34	34	11	6	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 9	SE 8	SE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	1175	1050	951	790	772	676	603	534	521	509	509	512	512	461	472	219	425	196	151	351	349	333
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	531	531	910	531	531	531	531	531	531	1822	1850	1851	910	539	531	531	531	1592	916	910	531	531
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