Pounders Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.78° S 168.26° E

Pounders 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pounders sea temperature is
24.8°C
0.6° 

Pounders surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Pounders today (02 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Pounders at 12AM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 01). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Afternoon (02 Oct)2ft (0.6m)15s
Evening (02 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Thu night. Warm (max 27°C on Fri morning, min 23°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
18
0.8
S
17
0.8
S
16
0.8
S
16
0.8
S
16
0.7
S
16
0.7
S
15
0.7
S
15
0.7
S
15
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
14
0.6
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.5
S
14
0.4
S
9
0.6
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
389
376
347
330
317
239
224
215
209
155
153
150
99
96
91
28
72
90
85
58
Wind (km/h)
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
8:22PM1.21m
10:07AM0.98m
9:15PM1.15m
11:32AM0.96m
10:25PM1.09m
Low Tide
2:25PM0.54m
3:27AM0.16m
3:22PM0.63m
4:35AM0.20m
4:41PM0.69m
rain showers
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
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thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
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1
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2
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Temp °C
26
24
24
23
23
23
25
27
27
26
24
24
23
23
25
27
26
26
24
23
Feels °C
25
23
24
23
24
24
26
27
28
28
25
26
25
25
26
28
27
27
25
24
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