Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Rest Bay today (18 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Rest Bay at 11PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (BST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
| Evening (18 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Rest Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 14°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon night, near gales from the WNW by Tue night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 18 | Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 20 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 35 | 35 | 40 | 50 | 29 | 28 | 31 | 33 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 00:12AM5.92m | 12:50PM5.96m | 1:39AM5.69m | 2:24PM5.96m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:51PM3.03m | 6:23AM3.25m | 7:25PM3.28m | 8:06AM3.32m | 9:01PM3.08m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:12 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
Feels °C | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 |
| kJ | 20 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 35 | 24 | 40 | 50 | 18 | 18 | 31 | 33 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | W 15 | W 14 | W 13 | — | W 18 | SW 17 | WSW 16 | W 10 | WSW 12 | WSW 15 | WSW 11 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | — | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 4 |
| kJ | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | 6 | 12 | 25 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 11 | 35 | 17 | — | 29 | 28 | 15 | 3 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | NNW 4 | W 13 | W 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 2 | NNE 2 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NNE 3 | NE 3 | E 3 | ESE 3 | ESE 3 | SE 3 | SE 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 4 |
| kJ | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 194 | 193 | 193 | 193 | 193 | 42 | 41 | 131 | 148 | 51 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 42 | 115 | 452 |
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