Saltwater surfForecast / NSW – Far South / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 06 Oct 2025 AEDT
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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
15.7° 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: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 06). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (06 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.5
S
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)66691111109910109161599111111111010106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242923367408392534974241561461021388957818285595833323129
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
5
W
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
10
NE
5
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNE
20
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:13AM
1.35
8:23PM
1.45
8:53AM
1.46
9:13PM
1.40
9:34AM
1.53
10:05PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:00AM
0.09
2:14PM
0.20
2:39AM
0.09
3:05PM
0.12
3:18AM
0.13
3:58PM
0.06
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--6:28-------6:28-------6:26-----
Sunset-----7:07-------7:07-------7:08--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C211612131516131111111215171715131111141921252316
Feels °C (?)18135691086799121315151197111517232114
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Far South

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Saltwater (light winds from the WSW at Green Cape Aws 11 km from Saltwater). 0.4m 2s local chop from the SSW with a 0.3m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.2m 8s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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WSW
Offshore
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