Pounders 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.78° S 168.26° E

Issued: 10 am 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pounders sea temperature is

24.7°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Pounders today (12 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pounders at 6PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Afternoon (12 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s
Evening (12 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Mon afternoon, min 20°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 12						Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 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
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 18	S 11	S 11	S 16	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 20	SSE 10	S 18	S 18	S 19	SSE 16	S 19	S 18	S 17
Wave Graph
kJ	239	246	220	193	162	156	189	155	127	116	112	110	108	121	277	240	314	465	904	866	431	381
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide	6:02AM1.23m				6:35PM1.26m				6:48AM1.18m				7:07PM1.24m				7:33AM1.12m				7:39PM1.21m
Low Tide			12:20PM0.14m				00:48AM0.23m				12:56PM0.23m				1:28AM0.22m				1:30PM0.33m


	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	22	22	23	23	22	22
Feels °C	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	17	17	17	18	18	19	20	19	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 21	S 20	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 19	S 10	S 18	S 19	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 17
kJ	144	194	61	114	146	144	189	155	118	116	112	110	108	104	190	130	314	465	196	866	431	381
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 11	SSW 19	S 19	S 18	S 18	SSW 17	SSW 17	S 16	SSW 16	S 16	S 15	S 20	S 20	ENE 12	S 18	NE 13	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	NE 13	NE 13
kJ	19	21	124	180	162	156	100	92	127	81	42	42	33	121	14	240	41	47	31	46	27	42
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 13	ENE 13	ENE 12	ENE 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	ENE 12	ENE 7	SW 11	WSW 16	ENE 8	S 21	NE 14	ENE 12	SW 14	NE 12	SW 18	SW 18	WSW 17	SW 16	SW 16	WSW 19
kJ	26	16	15	15	14	13	14	5	5	25	6	34	8	14	8	23	13	12	30	10	10	35
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SSE 10	ESE 4	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 16	SE 4	SE 6	SE 6
kJ	239	246	220	193	162	132	107	91	91	88	88	83	98	75	277	19	245	267	904	24	89	77
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Distance (km)	1033	1587	1587	1587	1587	517	517	517	517	1161	1756	946	946	517	517	517	517	946	946	944	517	517
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Rating (10 max)	9	8	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	9	9	8	6	6	5	5	6	5	6	6	5	6

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