Rusty Barrel 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 17.83° S 168.40° E

Issued: 4 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Rusty Barrel sea temperature is

24.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Rusty Barrel today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Rusty Barrel at 11AM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 16s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	6s
Evening (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s

Table - waves today at Rusty Barrel. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 21°C on Sun morning). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	SE 6	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 19	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 16	E 7	E 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	348	298	292	287	164	149	229	224	358	413	509	793	636	482	891	851	699	533	401	242	236	163	171	168
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			6:30AM1.17m				6:49PM1.26m				7:17AM1.10m				7:21PM1.22m					8:06AM1.02m			7:53PM1.16m
Low Tide	00:29AM0.28m				12:34PM0.28m				1:11AM0.27m				1:10PM0.38m				1:54AM0.28m				1:47PM0.48m


	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	23	23	22
Feels °C	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	21	20	20	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	348	298	292	287	149	149	229	224	216	168	509	793	636	482	891	851	699	533	401	242	60	78	58	80
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 20	S 20	S 19	S 18	S 10	S 21	S 20	S 19	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	ENE 8	S 8	S 16	S 15	S 14	S 14
kJ	290	190	126	177	80	78	136	194	358	413	131	221	282	354	25	24	24	24	52	61	236	161	153	104
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 13	NE 13	NE 12	ENE 14	SW 16	SW 17	SW 18	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	36	36	35	34	32	32	31	31	20	21	22	25	25	21	20	10	12	12	42	22	22	22	20	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7
kJ	125	121	119	113	164	147	113	108	112	117	117	130	182	195	194	170	177	167	116	147	176	163	171	168
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	1	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	1	1	4	4	3
Distance (km)	521	521	521	1148	1741	1741	929	521	521	521	521	931	931	929	931	521	521	521	521	1836	1837	929	929	521
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5

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