Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.81° S 168.53° E

Hopscotch 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Hopscotch sea temperature is
24.8°C
0.5° 

Hopscotch surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


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) & DateWave HeightWave 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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
ESE
9
3
ESE
9
2.5
ESE
9
2.5
ESE
9
2.5
ESE
9
2.3
ESE
9
2.3
ESE
9
2.2
ESE
8
2.1
ESE
8
2
E
8
2
E
8
2
E
8
2
E
8
1.6
ESE
8
1.6
ESE
8
1.7
ESE
8
1.9
E
8
1.9
E
8
1.8
E
8
1.7
E
8
1.7
E
8
1.6
E
8
1.6
E
8
1.6
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy 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)
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
Wind State
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
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Temp °C
22
22
22
22
22
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
23
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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
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22
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