Point Plomer 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.31° S 152.98° E

Issued: 10 am 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Point Plomer sea temperature is

20.5°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 (12 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Point Plomer at 4PM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 12). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Afternoon (12 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	8s
Evening (12 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 31°C on Mon morning, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Mon night, fresh winds from the S by Wed morning).
	Monday 12						Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 9	E 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	S 6	S 6	SSE 7	S 8	S 9	S 10	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	12	12	12	12	3	3	3	3	14	14	12	15	23	26	27	263	247	611	902	1199	1207	523
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	WSW	SSW	S	ESE	E	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		9:41AM1.56m				9:57PM1.20m				10:16AM1.55m				10:34PM1.10m				10:52AM1.51m
Low Tide				4:04PM0.13m				3:47AM0.15m				4:45PM0.18m				4:18AM0.22m					5:28PM0.24m


	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:57	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:57	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	3	7	2	4	5	4	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	31	28	24	23	22	25	22	20	22	20	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	17	17
Feels °C	19	28	24	23	22	22	25	20	21	24	21	20	21	17	17	13	12	11	11	11	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	E 8	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	40	34	12	60	102	136	143	113	64	47	29	28	15	14	13	160	172	381	662	759	673	523
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	S 6	E 8	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 9	SSE 5	SSE 5	S 5	E 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 15	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	12	12	6	12	3	3	3	3	14	7	7	4	23	26	27	27	27	26	4	24	23	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	SSE 7	S 6	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	S 4	E 9	E 8	E 9	S 4	S 4	S 8	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	E 15	E 15	E 14	NE 10
kJ	6	6	4	7	2	2	2	2	3	14	12	15	4	1	5	6	6	4	4	4	4	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 7	—	SW 3	S 4	—	—	—	—	—	S 4	S 6	S 6	SSE 7	S 8	S 9	S 10	ESE 6
kJ	—	91	38	211	326	384	—	6	15	—	—	—	—	—	15	263	247	611	902	1199	1207	109
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	4	2
Distance (km)	14	19	142	244	209	33	1	1	13	33	119	13	13	13	31	128	313	307	31	31	31	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1			2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				3	3	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	1	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	2	1	4	4	6	4	3	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	6	7	8	4	4

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