Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.86° S 137.74° E

Pennington Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pennington Bay sea temperature is
15.9°C
1.6° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 18s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Pennington Bay at 11AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 28). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (28 Sep)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (28 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Mon night, light winds from the NW by Tue night).

Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
0
1
1
2
1
3
1
2
2
2
2
0
2
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
15
1.1
S
14
1.3
SSW
14
1
S
14
1
S
14
0.9
S
14
0.9
S
13
0.7
S
18
1.2
S
17
1.3
S
17
1.3
S
16
1.3
S
16
1.2
S
16
1.3
S
16
1.3
S
15
1.3
S
15
1.4
S
16
1.4
S
17
1.4
S
17
1.4
S
16
1.4
S
16
1.4
S
16
1.5
S
16
1.5
S
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
619
508
668
411
388
293
284
298
861
952
853
832
701
811
791
780
940
1160
1133
1029
1004
979
1102
1074
Wind (km/h)
30
ESE
30
E
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
25
E
20
NE
20
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
20
N
25
N
20
WSW
5
WNW
5
N
5
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
W
10
ESE
10
E
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
4:48AM1.39m
4:56PM1.16m
5:10AM1.50m
5:23PM1.06m
5:34AM1.57m
5:45PM0.93m
Low Tide
10:27PM0.29m
11:03AM0.30m
10:42PM0.31m
11:37AM0.28m
10:56PM0.32m
12:13PM0.30m
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Temp °C
12
10
10
11
14
18
21
22
21
20
20
20
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27
19
19
18
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15
16
18
18
16
16
Feels °C
5
3
4
5
9
14
17
18
17
13
13
14
20
23
16
19
18
17
14
16
17
17
15
15
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