Mona Vale-The Basin 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.68° S 151.32° E

Issued: 4 am 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Mona Vale-The Basin sea temperature is

20.3°C

Mona Vale-The Basin 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 Mona Vale-The Basin today (15 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Mona Vale-The Basin at 9AM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (15 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	5s

Table - waves today at Mona Vale-The Basin. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 10	SSE 6	SSE 6	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	63	52	57	61	71	88	78	110	192	55	55	35	31	31	31	31	31	51	50	31	31	31	31	30	29	29
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	WSW	SE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	glassy	glassy
High Tide	00:51AM0.93m				12:34PM1.34m				1:50AM0.93m				1:25PM1.28m					2:53AM0.96m				2:20PM1.23m				3:53AM1.04m
Low Tide			5:58AM0.56m				7:41PM0.34m				6:54AM0.61m					8:32PM0.35m				8:02AM0.64m				9:22PM0.34m


	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:36	—	—	—	7:37
mm	—	—	1	—	—	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	15	15	19	19	18	17	17	17	16
Feels °C	21	19	18	18	18	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	15	16	15	14	14	18	16	15	15	16	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	ENE 7	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 5	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	SSE 7
kJ	63	52	57	43	23	48	75	75	71	55	55	35	31	14	205	159	241	292	241	196	157	100	74	55	54	55
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	E 11	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 10	NE 7	NE 7	S 18	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	E 10	E 5	E 5	ESE 5	E 10	E 10	ENE 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 14
kJ	7	10	22	42	42	33	13	8	6	11	11	23	24	31	20	19	15	51	50	16	31	31	31	30	29	92
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	S 9	S 9	S 11	ENE 8	S 13	S 14	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	E 7	E 7	NE 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	NNE 8	—	E 10	N 11	N 11	S 15	ENE 6	S 15	E 10
kJ	3	6	6	2	20	4	4	6	23	6	6	8	4	22	31	31	31	6	—	31	2	2	5	4	38	29
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	S 4	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 7	S 7	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	—
kJ	2	9	21	61	71	88	78	110	192	244	203	172	218	217	276	—	—	—	—	—	16	16	9	8	6	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	2	2	2	50	50	201	178	50	127	127	50	50	50	388	2	2	2	2	0	2	86	50	85	16	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1												3	2	2	2	2	2					1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	6	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	7	9	9	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	8	9	9	9	8	7	5	9	8	9	9	6	6

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