Horseshoe Bay surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 12 Mar 2026 AEDT
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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
21.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Horseshoe Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Horseshoe Bay at 5PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)81012111112111313121212121211111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21728446943139433731939548344641634433927125519218918514413696949265
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SE
20
SE
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
10
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:31PM
0.75
4:31AM
1.13
5:45PM
0.79
5:30AM
1.17
6:37PM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
0.40
9:40PM
0.51
11:47AM
0.34
10:52PM
0.49
12:33PM
0.27
11:54PM
0.44
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:21----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162022221715141212181919171514131217201919181615
Feels °C (?)1216171712101077121212121211111015161518171515
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