Iluka Bluff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.40° S 153.37° E

Issued: 10 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Iluka Bluff sea temperature is

20.3°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 (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Iluka Bluff at 1PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 13). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Evening (13 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 13						Wednesday 14								Thursday 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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	SE 7	SSE 12	SE 7	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	80	58	58	25	25	25	26	26	24	604	845	861	861	732	620	525	279	151	139	153	135	218
Wind (km/h)	W	N	N	NNW	W	N	SW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-on	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		10:36AM1.53m				10:48PM1.15m					11:12AM1.50m				11:23PM1.07m				11:51AM1.45m
Low Tide					5:03PM0.40m			4:32AM0.37m					5:45PM0.46m				5:04AM0.42m				6:31PM0.52m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	4	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	22	23	23	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	17	18	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	21	22	23	23	22	22	21	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 9	NNE 9	NNE 9	SSE 17	SSE 16	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 12	S 9	SSE 10
kJ	80	58	58	39	38	37	35	23	24	23	24	12	7	7	57	81	130	100	63	153	103	218
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 9	E 15	NE 9	S 18	NNE 8	S 16	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 12	S 8	SSE 11	E 9
kJ	20	20	22	25	25	25	26	26	16	10	3	4	23	6	7	179	120	137	131	60	111	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 5	S 5	NE 9	NE 9	E 15	E 15	E 15	S 18	—	—	NNE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 13
kJ	5	1	1	1	2	2	2	12	12	4	4	4	6	—	—	8	33	41	40	40	40	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNE 6	NW 3	WNW 3	—	—	S 4	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7
kJ	—	—	87	3	1	—	—	18	143	604	845	861	861	732	620	525	279	151	139	139	135	127
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	2	6	61	2	61	2	80	290	4	4	186	141	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	88	4
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1		2	2			3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	4	4	9	4	7	4	6	4	5	5

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