National Park Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.38° S 153.10° E

National Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 27 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's National Park sea temperature is
20.5°C
0.7° 

National Park surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at National Park today (28 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for National Park at 4AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Aug)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (28 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (28 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at National Park. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SE
7
1.1
SE
7
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
1
SE
7
0.9
SSE
7
1
ESE
7
1
ESE
7
0.7
E
8
0.5
E
8
1.1
SE
12
1
SE
11
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.6
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
111
106
99
96
91
86
108
102
61
32
314
255
49
50
50
51
50
50
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
7:36PM1.88m
7:51AM1.49m
8:08PM1.89m
8:25AM1.56m
8:41PM1.85m
Low Tide
2:01AM0.36m
1:44PM0.31m
2:30AM0.31m
2:21PM0.29m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:32
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
19
19
18
17
17
19
20
19
19
18
17
17
17
19
19
19
18
18
Feels °C
17
18
16
15
15
17
17
16
17
17
16
15
15
15
16
17
16
16
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