Palm Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.59° S 151.33° E

Palm Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Palm Beach sea temperature is
17.5° C
0.6° 

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


How big are the waves at Palm Beach today (08 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Palm Beach at 12PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (08 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (08 Aug)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sat night, fresh winds from the NW by Mon afternoon).

Saturday
8
Sunday
9
Monday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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)
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.6
S
8
0.5
E
8
0.6
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.7
E
8
0.8
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1.4
ENE
9
2.1
ENE
7
2.1
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.7
ENE
9
1.6
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
48
45
45
41
34
48
63
61
63
113
110
143
151
300
406
506
468
495
415
272
184
139
Wind (km/h)
10
W
5
W
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
N
25
NW
30
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
25
WNW
30
WNW
Wind State
off
off
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:09PM1.69m
4:56AM1.17m
5:14PM1.80m
6:02AM1.24m
6:13PM1.89m
Low Tide
9:18AM0.40m
11:03PM0.32m
10:29AM0.42m
00:06AM0.25m
11:35AM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:19
5:20
5:21
 mm
3
2
Temp °C
9
13
16
15
14
13
11
10
9
13
18
16
12
14
17
15
15
12
16
16
14
16
Feels °C
7
11
14
12
11
11
9
8
7
11
14
12
10
9
12
12
10
5
8
8
8
10
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