Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Red Strand (Dirk Bay) today (04 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Red Strand (Dirk Bay) at 5PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (IST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (04 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 14s |
| Evening (04 Sep) | 1ft (0.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Red Strand (Dirk Bay). (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Fri night, fresh winds from the SSW by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | WSW 7 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | S 6 | WSW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 71 | 71 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 44 | 49 | 51 | 73 | 100 | 138 | 162 | 140 | 75 | 85 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:41AM2.89m | 11:15PM2.73m | 11:51AM2.73m | 00:34AM2.61m | 1:17PM2.69m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:04PM0.81m | 5:38AM0.91m | 6:30PM0.93m | 7:11AM0.96m | 8:03PM0.89m | ||||||||||||||||
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 | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 8:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:12 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 15 |
Feels °C | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SW 6 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 6 | S 6 |
| kJ | 18 | 16 | 11 | 32 | 19 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 75 | 49 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | W 10 | WSW 7 | W 9 | W 9 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | W 20 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 |
| kJ | 71 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 37 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 7 | 8 | 57 | 69 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | — | W 10 | SW 13 | SSW 13 | W 10 | — | NW 9 | — | — | W 18 | SSW 12 | WSW 15 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 44 | 34 | 17 | — | 3 | — | — | 6 | 15 | 85 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 3 | W 3 | WNW 3 | — | — | — | — | SSW 3 | SSW 4 | SSW 4 | S 5 | S 5 | S 5 | S 6 | S 6 | S 6 | SSW 6 | SW 6 | — |
| kJ | 67 | 71 | 15 | 8 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 15 | 34 | 49 | 51 | 73 | 100 | 138 | 162 | 140 | 52 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 419 | 477 | 467 | 71 | 71 | 71 | 103 | 103 | 59 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 93 | 288 | 288 | 284 | 284 | 284 | 113 | 285 |
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