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Salmon Holes Reef surfForecast / WA – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 South-southwest direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (17 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Evening (17 Jan)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141414141313131313131313131313131918
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1072126113701332140815162842276011791161104294796186768069062361368910271308149746528351
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
40
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
WSW
45
SW
35
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
10
E
15
E
20
E
25
ESE
30
E
35
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
1.08
10:12PM
1.12
10:42PM
1.13
1:26PM
0.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
0.15
6:26AM
0.14
6:46AM
0.15
3:11PM
0.50
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise---5:11-------5:11-------5:13----
Sunset------7:23-------7:23-------7:23-
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C201919192121181717171616171717161515151718191817
Feels °C (?)171314141615101012131314141414131213131414151312
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