Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.86° S 137.74° E

Pennington Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pennington Bay sea temperature is
15.5°C
1.0° 

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


How big are the waves at Pennington Bay today (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Pennington Bay at 2PM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 09:30am October 09). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (09 Oct)5ft (1.6m)16s
Evening (09 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)15s

Table - waves today at Pennington Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 24°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the N on Fri morning, light winds from the NNW by Sat night).

Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
S
16
1.5
S
16
1.6
S
16
1.6
S
16
1.5
S
16
1.4
S
15
1.3
S
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.6
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
15
1.8
SSW
14
2
SSW
15
2.2
SSW
15
2.3
SSW
15
2.5
SSW
15
2.5
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
2.5
S
16
2.5
S
16
3.5
SSW
16
2.5
SSW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1208
1164
1289
1289
1093
871
733
744
1074
1041
1147
1122
1705
2218
2387
2846
3195
3529
3182
3182
6172
3169
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
40
NNE
40
N
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
10
NW
25
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
High Tide
5:05AM1.02m
4:35PM1.10m
5:02AM1.17m
4:57PM1.08m
5:13AM1.33m
5:17PM1.05m
Low Tide
10:35AM0.56m
10:41PM0.42m
11:03AM0.45m
10:47PM0.38m
11:31AM0.37m
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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6:45
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6:43
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6:41
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7:28
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7:29
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7:30
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 mm
3
4
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1
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Temp °C
15
16
17
17
15
13
13
12
13
17
17
18
16
14
14
14
14
16
21
24
16
13
Feels °C
13
10
10
12
10
8
7
7
8
11
11
13
13
12
13
12
11
11
16
22
12
9
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