Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Raffs Beach today (18 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Raffs Beach at 9PM is: 0.9m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 18). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Aug) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
| Evening (18 Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Raffs Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNE on Wed morning, light winds from the WNW by Thu afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 18 | Wednesday 19 | Thursday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SW 17 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 384 | 313 | 224 | 406 | 400 | 255 | 251 | 169 | 178 | 191 | 176 | 142 | 142 | 136 | 123 | 121 | 140 | 183 | 120 | 120 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:39PM1.53m | 4:18AM1.48m | 4:10PM1.50m | 5:00AM1.44m | 4:40PM1.46m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:59PM0.21m | 10:12AM0.47m | 10:36PM0.22m | 10:48AM0.56m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:49 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 |
| kJ | 384 | 313 | 224 | 406 | 400 | 255 | 251 | 169 | 178 | 191 | 176 | 142 | 142 | 136 | 123 | 121 | 120 | 183 | 120 | 120 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 4 | ESE 5 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SW 20 | SW 20 | SW 18 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 246 | 188 | 167 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 60 | 54 | 32 | 26 | 140 | 133 | 94 | 94 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 6 | SE 5 | SE 5 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | — | — | S 16 | S 16 | SE 7 | SE 7 | E 8 | SW 18 | SW 18 | SW 8 | E 8 | SW 7 | SW 7 |
| kJ | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 82 | 16 | 1 | 11 | 16 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 3 | NE 3 | NE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | NNE 5 | N 4 | NNW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 2 | NW 3 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 24 | 37 | 68 | 72 | 83 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 41 | 51 | 142 | 124 | 41 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
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