Police Bay Surf Break

Lat Long: 4.80° S 55.53° E

Police Bay 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 17 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 (18 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Police Bay at 3AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+04) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jul)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (18 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 25°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1.3
SE
6
1.6
SE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.6
SE
9
1.6
SE
8
1.6
SE
8
1.3
SSE
7
1.3
SSE
7
1.4
SSE
8
1.6
SE
8
1.6
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.5
SE
9
1.4
SE
8
1.4
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
231
207
181
115
379
280
437
296
304
193
147
290
338
354
293
320
283
277
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
6:50PM1.45m
7:31AM1.20m
7:30PM1.32m
8:16AM1.23m
8:08PM1.16m
Low Tide
1:23AM0.00m
1:25PM0.22m
1:58AM0.05m
2:18PM0.31m
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6:26
6:26
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6:20
6:20
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Temp °C
25
25
25
25
25
26
26
26
26
25
25
25
25
25
26
25
26
26
Feels °C
24
24
24
24
24
25
25
25
25
24
23
23
23
24
25
24
25
25
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