Iluka Bluff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.40° S 153.37° E

Issued: 10 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Iluka Bluff sea temperature is

20.9°C

Iluka Bluff 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 Iluka Bluff today (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 10s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Iluka Bluff at 1PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (16 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 16						Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	398	314	405	359	396	327	371	339	356	349	278	327	261	226	242	242	242	190	190	206	182	182
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			12:34PM1.39m				00:46AM0.94m				1:25PM1.33m				1:47AM0.90m					2:27PM1.28m
Low Tide	5:39AM0.48m				7:25PM0.57m				6:21AM0.54m					8:29PM0.61m			7:17AM0.60m					9:40PM0.61m


	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:57	—	—
mm	—	—	—	2	1	1	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	2	2	2	—	—	—	—	1	2
Temp °C	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	18	17	17	17	18	19	20	19	18	18
Feels °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 10	SE 9	SSE 14	E 9	E 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	E 6	E 6	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	398	314	19	42	42	327	371	339	356	349	278	327	261	226	242	242	242	109	119	206	182	182
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	SSE 14	SE 13	SE 12	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 9	E 10	E 10	SE 9	SE 9	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 10
kJ	38	42	36	45	55	41	41	40	41	42	47	48	48	47	29	28	30	190	190	114	105	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSE 13	—	—	—	E 9	SSE 13	—	SSE 12	SSE 12	SE 13	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	ENE 10	S 13	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 12
kJ	—	—	35	—	—	—	42	18	—	60	61	7	60	39	23	31	14	30	30	17	17	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	E 5	ENE 5	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	—	—	ENE 8
kJ	—	—	405	359	396	45	39	50	60	74	91	89	92	78	85	109	109	—	—	—	—	120
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	4	4	88	88	4	4	4	4	4	337	691	88	88	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3			2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	7	5	4

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