Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.86° S 137.74° E

Pennington Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

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 (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 17s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Pennington Bay at 8PM is: 1.4m 17s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 22°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds.

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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)
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
2
4
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
S
15
1.4
S
16
1.4
S
17
1.4
S
16
1.4
S
16
1.5
S
16
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
S
15
1.5
SSW
15
1.5
SSW
16
1.6
SSW
15
1.9
SSW
13
2.1
SSW
14
2.2
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1051
1029
1094
1068
1029
1178
1208
1164
1289
1289
1093
871
733
723
936
1041
1103
1229
1700
2133
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NNE
20
NNW
10
NW
0
NNE
30
NNE
40
N
35
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:08PM1.09m
5:05AM1.02m
4:35PM1.10m
5:02AM1.17m
4:57PM1.08m
Low Tide
10:40PM0.42m
10:35AM0.56m
10:41PM0.42m
11:03AM0.45m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
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6:45
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6:43
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7:27
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7:28
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7:29
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4
2
1
1
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Temp °C
19
22
21
21
19
17
16
16
17
17
15
13
13
13
14
16
17
18
16
14
Feels °C
14
18
16
15
15
15
18
11
10
12
10
8
8
7
8
9
11
13
13
12
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