Raffs Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.28° S 144.51° E

Issued: 9 pm 16 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Raffs Beach sea temperature is
14.6° C

Normal for this time of year

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


How big are the waves at Raffs Beach today (17 Jun):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jun, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Raffs Beach at 1AM is: 1.2m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm June 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jun)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jun)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Evening (17 Jun)3ft (0.9m)13s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.2
SW
15
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.4
SW
22
0.4
SW
21
0.5
SW
20
0.6
SW
19
0.9
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.3
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
822
801
623
529
521
395
373
347
290
286
199
184
178
141
134
132
137
139
157
188
299
491
901
1074
Wind (km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
25
NNE
25
N
20
N
30
N
35
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
35
N
30
N
10
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
30
N
35
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
11:47PM1.37m
1:38PM1.63m
00:51AM1.40m
2:26PM1.65m
1:54AM1.41m
3:11PM1.65m
Low Tide
6:40PM0.82m
6:35AM0.15m
7:37PM0.74m
7:32AM0.13m
8:29PM0.66m
8:26AM0.15m
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:37
7:37
7:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:07
5:07
5:07
 mm
2
2
5
Temp °C
17
16
17
17
18
16
19
19
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
14
13
12
11
12
12
13
13
Feels °C
16
15
15
14
15
12
15
16
13
11
11
11
12
11
11
11
12
9
7
4
4
5
6
6
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
WSW
16
1.3
WSW
16
1.2
SW
15
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
0.8
SW
12
0.8
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.7
SW
12
0.6
SW
19
0.9
SW
18
1.2
SW
18
1.3
SW
17
Energy kJ
822
801
623
529
521
395
373
347
290
286
199
184
178
141
134
132
137
139
139
141
299
491
901
1074
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
S
16
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
S
14
0.1
SW
24
0.1
SW
24
0.3
SW
23
0.4
SW
22
0.4
SW
21
0.5
SW
20
0.6
SW
12
0.6
SW
12
0.6
W
9
0.3
S
15
Energy kJ
10
10
19
4
4
4
4
4
4
22
22
80
118
157
188
116
87
57
38
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
S
16
0.1
S
23
0.4
WSW
7
0.5
W
8
0.1
S
9
0.2
S
19
0.6
W
8
0.3
S
18
0.3
S
18
Energy kJ
5
10
18
33
2
29
52
58
55
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
N
4
0.5
N
3
0.4
NE
3
0.4
NE
3
0.4
NNE
3
0.6
NNE
3
0.7
NNE
4
0.7
NNE
4
0.6
NNE
4
0.7
NNE
4
0.8
NNE
4
0.9
NNE
4
1
NNE
4
1.1
NNE
4
0.9
NNE
4
0.9
NNE
4
0.7
N
4
0.7
NNW
4
0.8
N
4
1
N
4
1
N
4
1.1
N
4
1.1
N
4
1
NW
4
Energy kJ
9
5
2
2
4
8
11
11
10
11
18
26
34
50
36
34
12
12
18
33
38
44
43
32
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
5
Distance (km)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
35
31
31
31
41
31
31
0
1
0
31
253
373
218
294
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Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
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Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
6
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
4
4
4
6
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
5
9
7
9
6
5
5
6
6
6
6
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