Point Plomer 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.31° S 152.98° E

Issued: 9 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Point Plomer sea temperature is

21.1°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Point Plomer today (20 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 18s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 19s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Point Plomer at 1PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	18s
Afternoon (20 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	11s
Evening (20 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	19s

Table - waves today at Point Plomer. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon morning, min 17°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 20						Monday 21								Tuesday 22
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 12	SSE 11	SE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SE 17	SE 10	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 12	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	40	30	26	68	92	133	124	120	77	27	31	33	33	34	225	373	402	800	533	378	421	195
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNE	NE	NE	N	WNW	W	WNW	NW	N	ENE	NNE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	glassy	on	on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on
High Tide				3:18PM1.22m					4:09AM0.83m				4:21PM1.27m				5:04AM0.91m				5:09PM1.35m
Low Tide		8:09AM0.51m					10:28PM0.44m			9:29AM0.49m					11:16PM0.36m				10:33AM0.42m


	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	—	—	1
Temp °C	19	24	26	23	21	21	22	20	21	28	29	28	19	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	15	20	20	19	19	19	19	16	17	25	23	23	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	SSE 11	SSE 10	NE 5	SSE 9	SSE 18	SE 17	SE 10	SE 11	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 12	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SE 9	SE 7
kJ	40	26	14	68	86	17	46	120	77	27	31	27	26	34	155	273	402	800	533	378	300	195
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 12	SSE 19	NE 5	SSE 10	NE 5	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 9	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 9	SE 12	SE 12	SSE 12	S 20	S 20	SE 20	SE 11	SSE 11
kJ	14	14	26	36	14	51	18	22	20	10	16	33	33	15	37	38	169	8	8	15	64	82
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 18	SSE 18	ESE 8	ESE 7	SE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	NE 5	SE 11	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 6	N 6	E 8	N 5	N 5	SE 19	SE 19
kJ	30	30	6	5	92	133	124	9	30	4	4	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	14	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	N 4	—	NE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	—	—	—	—	NNE 5	NE 4	SSE 3	SSE 5	S 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	SSE 9	ESE 6
kJ	—	1	—	5	67	78	—	—	—	—	19	2	1	42	225	373	—	—	—	—	421	124
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	1	2	2
Distance (km)	0	19	185	185	0	0	0	0	0	13	90	277	31	354	314	31	31	185	142	223	90	90
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