Raffs Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.28° S 144.51° E

Raffs Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Raffs Beach sea temperature is
13.6°C
0.8° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Raffs Beach at 11AM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Afternoon (13 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (13 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sun night, fresh winds from the SW by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
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
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
15
1.3
SW
15
1.3
SW
15
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
0.7
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.4
SW
18
1.3
SW
8
1.9
SW
11
2.4
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
3
SW
13
3.5
SW
14
3.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1154
1011
813
813
906
744
686
528
520
382
355
295
290
208
166
132
109
191
898
1915
2467
3208
3788
3866
Wind (km/h)
15
N
15
NNE
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
25
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
15
NW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
00:55AM1.41m
1:17PM1.41m
1:47AM1.49m
1:55PM1.45m
2:32AM1.54m
2:30PM1.47m
Low Tide
7:11AM0.33m
7:31PM0.27m
7:56AM0.35m
8:12PM0.19m
8:36AM0.38m
8:49PM0.15m
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6:26
6:24
6:22
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6:08
6:09
6:10
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
15
18
21
21
20
18
18
15
13
16
17
16
15
15
12
11
10
12
11
11
10
11
Feels °C
14
12
11
13
16
16
16
14
16
13
10
13
14
13
12
12
8
6
5
5
3
3
2
3
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