Pounders Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.78° S 168.26° E

Pounders 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Pounders sea temperature is
24.9° C
0.0° 

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 (19 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Pounders at 3AM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm August 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Aug)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (19 Aug)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (19 Aug)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 21°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.6
S
13
1.5
S
13
1.4
S
12
1.8
SSE
12
1.8
SSE
12
1.5
SSE
8
1
S
8
1.3
S
9
1.9
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.7
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
465
412
379
875
736
574
889
859
315
140
247
522
439
410
428
448
403
393
Wind (km/h)
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State
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-on
cross
High Tide
9:45PM1.12m
10:36AM0.88m
10:29PM1.08m
11:58AM0.83m
Low Tide
4:30AM0.36m
4:03PM0.53m
5:34AM0.36m
4:56PM0.62m
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6:03
6:03
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5:37
5:37
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Temp °C
21
21
21
21
21
21
22
22
22
21
21
21
22
21
21
21
22
21
Feels °C
15
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
18
16
16
16
17
16
16
16
17
16
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