Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Little Austi and Main Beach today (20 Sep):
The current surf forecast for Little Austi and Main Beach at 8PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 18s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 27°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sun afternoon, fresh winds from the SSE by Mon morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 20 | Monday 21 | Tuesday 22 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | NE 3 | NE 4 | S 17 | S 17 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | S 5 | NE 5 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 8 | S 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | ENE 5 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 562 | 482 | 394 | 32 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 3:17PM1.23m | 4:28AM0.90m | 4:18PM1.27m | 5:18AM0.97m | 5:08PM1.33m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:27PM0.42m | 9:42AM0.57m | 11:15PM0.36m | 10:42AM0.51m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:51 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 30 | 27 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 26 | 25 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 8 | S 18 | S 17 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | NNE 4 | NE 4 | S 12 | — | S 18 | S 10 | S 9 | S 8 | S 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | S 10 |
| kJ | 90 | 28 | 152 | 148 | 51 | 102 | 108 | 3 | 1 | 47 | — | 6 | 1146 | 635 | 349 | 669 | 562 | 482 | 394 | 226 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 19 | S 18 | S 7 | S 10 | S 17 | NE 4 | NE 4 | E 11 | E 12 | NE 5 | — | — | S 17 | S 16 | S 11 | S 19 | S 19 | S 17 | S 19 | S 19 |
| kJ | 109 | 157 | 25 | 54 | 93 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 20 | 155 | 29 | 28 | 49 | 177 | 252 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | S 11 | NE 4 | S 7 | S 7 | S 16 | S 16 | E 9 | — | — | — | — | S 22 | S 20 | S 20 | — | S 20 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 |
| kJ | 2 | 37 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 48 | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 8 | 8 | — | 30 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 3 | NNE 4 | NNE 4 | N 4 | NW 3 | NW 3 | S 11 | S 5 | S 7 | S 9 | S 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 5 |
| kJ | — | 9 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 191 | 138 | 494 | 1299 | 1714 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 73 | 466 | 345 | 330 | 282 | 121 | 89 | 7 | 76 | 34 | 76 | 81 | 92 |
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