Police Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 4.80° S 55.53° E

Police Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Police Bay sea temperature is
28.7°C
1.2° 

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 (16 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Police Bay at 5PM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (16 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (16 Oct)6ft (1.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 47mm), heaviest during Sun night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri morning, min 25°C on Sat night). Mainly strong winds.

Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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
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0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SE
8
2.1
SE
8
2
SSE
8
2
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
9
2.1
SSE
9
2.2
SSE
9
2.3
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.5
SE
10
2.5
SE
9
2.4
SE
10
2.4
SE
10
2.3
SE
10
2.3
SE
9
2.2
SE
9
2.1
SE
9
2.2
SE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
571
585
581
623
553
553
523
535
565
723
856
983
1057
1106
1137
1037
1059
992
951
805
744
788
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
35
SE
30
SE
40
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
7:21AM1.25m
7:36PM0.76m
7:59AM1.14m
8:18PM0.68m
8:46AM1.04m
9:41PM0.62m
Low Tide
2:08PM0.30m
1:01AM0.33m
3:01PM0.40m
1:27AM0.43m
4:27PM0.46m
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5:56
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1
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
3
4
3
1
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4
1
2
2
Temp °C
27
27
27
27
27
27
27
26
26
26
26
26
26
25
25
26
26
27
27
27
27
27
Feels °C
26
26
27
27
27
28
27
26
27
26
25
25
24
25
25
28
27
28
27
27
28
27
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