Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Tuesday 05 May 2026 AEST
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Horseshoe Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Horseshoe Bay sea temperature is
21.2° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe Bay at 11AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 05). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 17s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 May)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (05 May)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (05 May)5ft (1.6m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 8°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the SW by Thu afternoon).

Tuesday
5
Wednesday
6
Thursday
7
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
ENE
10
1.9
ENE
10
1.8
ENE
10
1.8
ENE
10
1.8
ENE
11
1.7
ENE
11
1.7
ENE
11
1.6
ENE
11
1.6
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.4
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.6
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
746
692
676
703
759
724
705
631
631
550
515
505
496
487
392
377
490
410
345
274
218
176
143
104
Wind (km/h)
20
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
WSW
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
5
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
N
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WSW
20
SSW
25
WSW
30
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
10:05PM1.45m
10:47AM0.98m
10:44PM1.41m
11:36AM0.94m
11:25PM1.36m
12:29PM0.92m
Low Tide
4:53AM0.28m
4:07PM0.46m
5:39AM0.31m
4:48PM0.52m
6:27AM0.33m
5:34PM0.58m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
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6:41
6:41
6:41
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5:10
5:09
5:08
1
2
4
2
Temp °C
15
14
13
18
20
19
17
15
14
12
12
16
19
18
16
13
12
12
12
12
8
8
10
10
10
11
10
16
17
16
15
14
13
10
11
15
16
15
13
11
9
9
9
8
2
1
1
2
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
ENE
10
1.9
ENE
10
1.8
ENE
10
1.8
ENE
10
1.8
ENE
11
1.7
ENE
11
1.7
ENE
11
1.6
ENE
11
1.6
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.5
ENE
11
1.4
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.6
ENE
10
1.4
ENE
10
1.3
ENE
10
1.2
ENE
10
1
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
10
Energy kJ
746
692
676
703
759
724
705
631
631
550
515
505
496
487
392
377
490
410
345
274
218
176
143
104
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.1
S
17
0.3
SSW
8
0.8
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.7
S
5
0.6
S
5
0.5
S
5
0.4
SSE
6
0.3
S
6
0.2
S
5
1.1
NE
6
0.2
S
5
0.3
SSW
7
0.6
NNE
6
0.1
N
11
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
Energy kJ
5
5
5
5
6
6
14
44
38
25
19
14
10
5
2
77
2
10
24
2
4
4
2
2
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
16
0.1
SW
7
0.2
S
17
0.2
S
17
0.2
S
10
0.2
S
15
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
14
0.2
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.2
S
5
0.2
S
8
0.3
S
7
0.3
S
7
0.1
NE
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
Energy kJ
5
2
23
22
7
17
16
15
14
4
4
2
5
9
8
5
2
2
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
WNW
3
0.3
W
3
0.4
NW
3
0.8
S
8
1.3
SSW
7
1.1
S
6
1.2
SSW
6
0.6
NE
3
1
NNE
4
1.1
N
5
0.3
W
2
0.3
SSW
6
1.7
SSW
6
1.6
SSW
6
2
SSW
6
2.5
SSW
7
3
SSW
8
Energy kJ
7
2
3
86
161
97
84
9
38
62
1
8
201
198
309
724
1162
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
8
Distance (km)
1
0
0
0
60
55
1
0
0
0
0
0
55
55
1
0
0
1
0
0
3
128
128
550
Best forecast wave conditions in Far South New South Wales
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
4
4
4
3
4
5
8
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
5
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
9
5
5
6
5
5
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