Bruny Island - Jawbones Surf Break

Lat Long: 43.45° S 147.20° E

Bruny Island - Jawbones 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Bruny Island - Jawbones sea temperature is
13.0° C
1.5° 

Bruny Island - Jawbones surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Bruny Island - Jawbones today (21 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Bruny Island - Jawbones at 5AM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 20). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)15s
Afternoon (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (21 Aug)5ft (1.5m)17s

Table - waves today at Bruny Island - Jawbones. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Fri night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Thu night, near gales from the WSW by Sat morning).

Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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)
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
1
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
4
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
0.7
SW
14
1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
0.5
SW
20
1
SW
15
1
SW
14
1
SW
18
1.7
SW
17
4.5
WSW
15
5
WSW
15
0.1
SW
24
0.2
SSW
24
5
SW
14
4.5
SW
14
4
SW
14
4
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
171
215
184
492
627
188
415
393
600
1567
0
0
22
54
8509
8105
7225
6207
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
N
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
15
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
45
W
60
WSW
55
WSW
50
WSW
45
W
40
W
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
1:00PM0.63m
1:28PM0.66m
Low Tide
9:30PM0.19m
9:52PM0.18m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:31
 mm
2
1
2
3
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
12
11
10
11
12
12
10
10
9
9
8
10
9
10
10
10
10
Feels °C
13
8
8
6
7
8
7
4
3
5
3
2
0
-4
-3
-2
0
1
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