Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.86° S 137.74° E

Pennington Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pennington Bay sea temperature is
15.6°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 (17 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Pennington Bay at 1AM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Afternoon (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (17 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 19°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
S
13
0.5
S
12
0.5
S
12
0.3
SSW
18
0.3
SSW
17
0.4
SSW
16
0.4
SSW
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
16
0.5
S
15
0.5
S
15
0.5
S
15
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
15
0.7
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
119
78
75
61
59
91
87
131
127
118
112
109
153
155
218
280
376
737
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
NE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
7:03PM0.77m
7:40AM1.47m
7:20PM0.69m
8:08AM1.37m
7:17PM0.62m
Low Tide
00:26AM0.29m
2:39PM0.46m
00:36AM0.35m
3:27PM0.54m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
20
20
20
19
19
19
21
22
21
22
21
20
19
20
23
26
25
23
Feels °C
16
17
17
16
17
16
18
18
18
19
19
18
16
16
20
24
22
18
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