Salmon Holes Reef surfForecast / WA – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 AWST
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Salmon Holes Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Salmon Holes Reef sea temperature is
18.0° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Salmon Holes Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Salmon Holes Reef at 8AM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (17 Oct)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (17 Oct)5ft (1.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Salmon Holes Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
2
4
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
4
4
3
4
2
2
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
2.1
SW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131313121112121212121212131413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1203111990560999689142438060911212948326734131013773573528661122020061952146820762140
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNW
15
WSW
15
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
40
W
40
W
40
W
30
W
20
WNW
20
NW
20
N
25
NNW
30
W
25
W
15
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:08AM
0.83
10:28PM
0.74
9:35AM
0.80
10:08PM
0.80
9:58AM
0.76
10:05PM
0.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:28AM
0.60
4:03PM
0.35
3:46AM
0.52
3:56PM
0.41
4:09AM
0.45
3:48PM
0.44
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise-5:24-------5:22-------5:20------
Sunset----6:22-------6:23-------6:24---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------1----------11--1
Temp. °C151621252120191817161716161513111014131212131211
Feels °C (?)1414192219171414119987886587781098
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for WA - Far South

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Salmon Holes Reef (calm at Albany Airport 23 km from Salmon Holes Reef). 2.0m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 13s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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4 km/h
NNW
0.0
18.0
Air / Water (°C)
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