Police Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 4.80° S 55.53° E

Police Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Police Bay sea temperature is
26.8° C
1.1° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Police Bay at 1PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.5m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (+04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (16 Jul)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
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
1 AM
4 AM
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
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.7
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.5
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.4
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.3
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1
SE
9
1
SE
9
1
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
8
1.5
SSE
9
1.3
SE
8
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
475
465
400
381
306
204
243
226
219
311
275
269
178
152
155
144
168
207
387
181
274
237
222
286
Wind (km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
6:09PM1.55m
6:47AM1.14m
6:50PM1.45m
7:31AM1.20m
7:30PM1.32m
Low Tide
11:42AM0.11m
00:47AM-0.02m
12:34PM0.15m
1:23AM0.00m
1:25PM0.22m
1:58AM0.05m
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:26
6:26
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:19
6:20
6:20
6:20
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
26
25
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
Feels °C
25
23
25
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
24
26
27
26
25
24
24
24
24
24
26
26
25
24
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