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Magic Lands surfForecast / VIC – Phillip Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 17 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Magic Lands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Magic Lands sea temperature is
17.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Magic Lands today?

The current surf forecast for Magic Lands at 6PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)--
Afternoon (17 Jan)8ft (2.4m)7s
Evening (17 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

Table - waves today at Magic Lands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
0.6
WSW
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
0.5
SW
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)77777771415777777713661366612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5476915624673973422892483034654404363723122251491162842607816414511572
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
40
ESE
40
E
40
E
40
E
35
E
35
E
25
E
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
E
40
E
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
ENE
15
E
20
SE
35
SE
35
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ENE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
1.81
11:10AM
1.62
1:16AM
1.88
12:19PM
1.63
2:03AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
1.19
6:04PM
0.49
7:12AM
1.13
7:01PM
0.45
8:06AM
1.02
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise------6:13-------6:13-------6:15-
Sunset--8:43-------8:43-------8:42-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212119171716162023242017171717212323211817171721
Feels °C (?)151412101010101518171410111212171917151413141420
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