Mckenzies Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.80° S 150.23° E

Issued: 10 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Mckenzies Beach sea temperature is

19.0°C

Mckenzies Beach 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 Mckenzies Beach today (11 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Mckenzies Beach at 3PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (11 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Evening (11 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

Table - waves today at Mckenzies Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 32°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Mon night).
	Sunday 11						Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 5	NNE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 8	ESE 8	NE 5	ENE 5	SSE 4	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 6	S 7	SSE 5	NE 7	SSE 5	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	92	80	112	129	68	171	52	39	37	22	17	15	19	95	144	141	104	138	42	44	99	551
Wind (km/h)	WNW	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NW	WNW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross
High Tide		9:22AM1.57m				9:47PM1.39m				9:59AM1.58m				10:27PM1.30m				10:35AM1.56m
Low Tide				3:42PM0.25m				3:42AM0.35m				4:25PM0.27m				4:14AM0.41m					5:08PM0.32m


	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Temp °C	14	18	19	21	19	18	17	17	19	28	32	32	17	16	15	14	14	15	15	14	13	11
Feels °C	14	16	15	18	16	17	15	14	16	25	28	29	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	11	10	5
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 5	ENE 5	ESE 8	ESE 8	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	92	80	55	54	39	107	52	30	19	22	13	15	11	16	13	13	13	59	42	44	48	30
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	NE 9	S 5	S 5	S 5	ESE 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	NE 7	NE 7	ESE 8	NE 6	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	ENE 8	NE 7	ESE 7	S 9	N 12	E 16
kJ	15	50	4	2	2	19	40	39	37	7	7	13	6	6	6	12	14	21	5	6	3	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	S 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 9	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	ESE 8	E 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ENE 8	E 8	N 12	E 16	E 16
kJ	19	10	2	2	2	16	14	8	8	13	6	13	12	6	6	6	5	12	1	3	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 9	NE 8	NE 5	NNE 6	—	—	—	NE 5	NE 5	NW 3	SSE 4	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 6	S 7	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	S 8
kJ	—	—	112	129	68	171	—	—	—	13	17	3	19	95	144	141	104	138	42	28	99	551
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	53	498	126	72	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	49	130	13	13	37	103	125	166	172	307
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Rating (10 max)	8	9	9	8	8	8	4	6	6	5	5	4	5	3	4	5	4	5	4	2	3	1
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Rating (10 max)	8	9	9	8	8	8	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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