Surf Break

Lat Long: 17.83° S 168.40° E

Rusty Barrel 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Rusty Barrel sea temperature is
25.6°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Rusty Barrel today (15 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Rusty Barrel at 10PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)--
Afternoon (15 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (15 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 23°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ESE
8
1
ESE
9
1.1
ESE
8
1.1
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
9
1.2
ESE
9
1.3
ESE
8
1.3
ESE
8
1.2
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
7
1.3
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
8
1.4
ESE
7
1.4
ESE
6
1.5
ESE
6
1.4
ESE
6
1.5
ESE
7
0.7
S
15
1.7
ESE
7
0.8
S
13
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
119
151
135
190
208
222
221
229
143
154
201
226
197
170
165
170
192
215
266
229
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
7:41PM1.08m
9:47AM0.91m
8:25PM1.02m
11:03AM0.89m
9:23PM0.97m
Low Tide
2:52AM0.28m
2:44PM0.69m
3:49AM0.33m
3:50PM0.73m
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
24
24
23
23
23
23
24
25
25
24
24
24
23
23
23
24
24
24
23
23
Feels °C
23
24
23
23
23
22
23
24
23
22
23
22
21
20
20
21
21
22
20
20
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