Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.38° S 153.10° E

National Park 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 21 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's National Park sea temperature is
22.7°C
0.1° 

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 (21 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for National Park at 10PM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)--
Afternoon (21 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (21 Oct)6ft (1.9m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 57mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 18°C on Thu afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
E
8
1.6
E
8
1.6
ENE
8
1.9
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
7
1.7
ENE
7
1.7
ENE
7
1.6
ENE
7
1.6
ENE
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.5
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
8
1.6
ENE
8
1.9
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
295
341
350
463
408
398
398
363
310
305
280
268
228
222
199
204
232
246
287
429
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
4:26PM1.59m
5:10AM1.35m
5:07PM1.65m
5:45AM1.51m
5:45PM1.69m
Low Tide
11:07PM0.54m
10:51AM0.65m
11:36PM0.45m
11:38AM0.56m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
—
5:05
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:05
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
5:57
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:57
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
5:58
—
—
 mm
2
1
2
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
7
1
—
—
1
2
1
2
2
1
Temp °C
21
21
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
19
18
19
19
20
20
21
22
22
21
21
Feels °C
21
21
20
20
20
19
18
18
19
18
16
18
18
20
21
21
22
22
21
22
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our National Park surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest