Pounders 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.78° S 168.26° E

Issued: 4 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pounders sea temperature is

25.3°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 (07 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Pounders at 8AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 07). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s
Afternoon (07 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s
Evening (07 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 26°C on Thu morning, min 23°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 7								Thursday 8								Friday 9
	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	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	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 10	S 10	SE 4	S 18	ESE 4	SE 4	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	E 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	E 4	E 4	ESE 4	ESE 3	SE 4	ESE 4
Wave Graph
kJ	20	19	19	13	12	18	16	22	31	28	18	21	21	21	21	13	15	13	18	18	7	10	13	16
Wind (km/h)	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		2:29AM1.11m				3:41PM1.19m				3:30AM1.15m				4:17PM1.24m				4:22AM1.17m				4:50PM1.28m
Low Tide				9:07AM0.17m				9:43PM0.42m				9:54AM0.18m				10:28PM0.32m				10:35AM0.21m


	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	23	23	23	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	25	26	26	25	24	23	23	23	25	26	26	25	24	23
Feels °C	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	24	25	25	25	25	24	23	23	25	25	25	25	25	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 10	S 10	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 5	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	20	19	19	13	12	18	16	15	16	16	13	14	13	13	13	4	6	5	5	5	20	23	25	18
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 12	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 7	NE 11	NE 7	S 16	S 16	SSE 8	S 16	S 16	NE 10	NE 10	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	S 7
kJ	13	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	4	8	21	21	12	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	NNE 12	S 11	S 10	S 10	NE 12	NE 11	S 18	S 18	S 18	NE 11	S 16	S 16	NE 10	NE 11	S 17	NE 10	NE 10	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	NE 13	S 16
kJ	13	14	10	9	8	5	5	6	25	6	5	21	21	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	7	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 3	ESE 3	ESE 3	ESE 3	ESE 3	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	SE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	E 4	ESE 4	ESE 4	E 4	E 4	ESE 4	ESE 3	SE 4	ESE 4
kJ	7	6	4	4	3	11	13	22	31	28	18	19	9	14	13	13	15	13	18	18	7	10	13	16
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	2
Distance (km)	517	517	517	555	946	526	526	517	517	517	517	517	1829	526	526	517	517	517	517	565	939	526	517	517
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