Mermaid Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.04° S 153.44° E

Issued: 9 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Mermaid Beach sea temperature is

22.6°C

Mermaid 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 Mermaid Beach today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Mermaid Beach at 6PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 32°C on Thu morning, min 18°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu night, calm by Fri night).
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 8	E 8	SSE 10	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	N 5	N 5	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	33	51	56	55	50	50	71	58	54	50	35	37	35	35	36	36	36	39	56	57	57	60	67	41	58
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NNW	NW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	E	ENE	ENE	N	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	W	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross
High Tide	6:14AM1.05m				6:23PM1.21m					7:01AM1.16m				7:07PM1.16m				7:44AM1.26m				7:47PM1.11m
Low Tide			12:11PM0.38m				00:51AM0.26m					1:11PM0.35m				1:26AM0.24m				2:03PM0.34m				1:59AM0.22m


	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—
	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	6:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	24	29	32	31	28	20	19	19	20	21	22	21	20	19	19	18	19	23	25	23	21	21	20	20	20
Feels °C	22	25	28	30	25	16	16	16	17	19	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	21	23	21	21	22	20	21	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 5	NNE 5	E 9	E 9
kJ	33	51	56	53	50	50	49	49	50	50	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	39	56	57	57	25	24	41	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 5	E 5	E 4	ENE 4	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 7	E 9	E 9	NE 5	NE 5
kJ	14	9	7	18	10	7	8	9	7	20	23	37	18	11	11	10	7	7	6	6	2	40	40	13	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 5	—	E 15	NE 5	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	SSE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	SE 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 12
kJ	1	1	—	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	14	20	10	8	6	6	6	4	11	25	25	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNW 2	N 5	S 3	SSE 4	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5	E 5	—	—	—	NE 5	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	NE 5	N 5	N 5	—	SSE 3
kJ	—	—	1	55	5	40	71	58	54	23	22	19	13	—	—	—	13	9	10	21	22	60	67	—	3
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	4	0	0	0	0	68	56	17	11	11	68	17	17	0	0	1	0	90	505	161	54	0	0	0	56
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