Saltwater surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 11 Aug 2025 AEST
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Saltwater surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Saltwater sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Saltwater today?

The current surf forecast for Saltwater at 5AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (11 Aug)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (11 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Monday
11
Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.5
S
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010966910777777777768888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)161161169181189162167891451341361481171301131209990696767665656
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
10
WNW
10
N
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
1.18
9:35PM
1.53
10:23AM
1.24
10:21PM
1.44
11:07AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:35AM
0.06
3:19PM
0.32
4:12AM
0.07
4:10PM
0.31
4:50AM
0.12
5:05PM
0.31
Monday
11
Tuesday
12
Wednesday
13
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:47-----
Sunset-----5:21-------5:22-------5:22--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111111121313131211111112131313121111111312151211
Feels °C (?)998101010111199991010109988981187
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Far South

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Saltwater (light winds from the WNW at GreenCapeAws 11 km from Saltwater). 0.9m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.5m 10s swell from the E and a 0.3m 6s windswell from the ENE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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1 h 52 min ago

17 km/h
WNW
Cross-Off
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