Hopscotch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.81° S 168.53° E

Issued: 10 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hopscotch sea temperature is

24.5°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Hopscotch at 5PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 21°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 13						Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 19	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	E 7	E 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	292	287	149	282	229	224	358	413	509	793	636	582	891	851	579	533	401	488	236	161	171	171
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	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	6:19AM1.23m				6:39PM1.32m				7:06AM1.15m				7:12PM1.27m				7:55AM1.07m				7:46PM1.21m
Low Tide			12:25PM0.28m				1:01AM0.28m				1:01PM0.39m				1:45AM0.30m				1:39PM0.49m


	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	24	23	23	22
Feels °C	17	18	19	18	18	19	18	17	18	19	18	18	19	19	19	20	18	19	21	20	20	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 8
kJ	292	287	149	282	229	224	216	168	509	793	636	582	891	851	579	533	401	488	78	72	48	80
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 7	SSW 15	SSW 20	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 10	S 21	S 20	S 19	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 13	NE 12	ENE 8	S 15	S 14	S 14
kJ	126	177	42	78	136	194	358	413	165	221	282	354	25	24	24	24	42	22	50	161	153	148
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 12	SSW 16	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	ENE 14	SW 16	SW 17	SW 18	SW 17	ENE 13	S 16	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	35	34	80	32	31	31	20	21	22	25	25	21	20	10	12	12	12	17	236	22	19	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 7	E 7	E 7
kJ	117	113	117	109	132	117	117	117	117	135	160	182	188	188	197	167	172	143	87	157	171	171
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Rating (10 max)	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	3	3	1	1	4	4	2
Distance (km)	531	1133	1731	917	917	531	531	917	917	915	1728	915	916	917	531	531	531	1822	1851	915	915	531
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