Police Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 4.80° S 55.53° E

Police Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 05 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Police Bay sea temperature is
27.7° C
2.1° 

Police 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 Police Bay today (05 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Aug, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Police Bay at 3PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (05 Aug)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (05 Aug)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed morning, min 25°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds.

Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
Friday
7
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.3
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
3
SE
10
3
SE
10
3
SE
10
2.5
SE
10
2.5
SE
10
2.5
SE
10
2.5
SE
10
2.5
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
2.5
SE
9
2.5
SE
10
2.5
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
308
308
294
405
695
846
952
1124
1430
1639
1441
1336
1336
1175
1212
1126
1102
1075
1088
1119
1245
1235
Wind (km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
8:50AM1.26m
8:36PM0.91m
9:41AM1.25m
9:23PM0.76m
10:48AM1.23m
Low Tide
3:13PM0.40m
2:41AM0.19m
4:27PM0.45m
3:23AM0.24m
6:12PM0.45m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:26
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:21
6:21
6:21
 mm
1
2
1
Temp °C
25
26
26
26
26
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
26
26
25
Feels °C
24
26
26
25
25
22
21
22
23
23
23
23
21
21
22
23
23
22
22
23
24
23
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