Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.99° S 151.73° E

Shallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 30 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Shallows sea temperature is
19.0°C
0.1° 

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


How big are the waves at Shallows today (30 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 15s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 14s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 8PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)--
Afternoon (30 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)15s
Evening (30 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 28°C on Fri morning, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Wed afternoon, calm by Fri night).

Wed
30
Thursday
1
Friday
2
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
15
0.8
SSE
15
0.7
SSE
14
0.7
S
14
0.6
S
13
0.5
S
13
0.5
S
12
0.5
S
12
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
11
1.2
ENE
6
1.1
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
8
1
ENE
7
1
ENE
4
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
234
288
218
198
130
86
70
67
40
39
96
105
101
62
57
44
114
35
74
91
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
35
NE
30
NE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
15
NE
20
ENE
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
off
off
High Tide
10:13AM1.60m
10:45PM1.17m
11:02AM1.57m
11:45PM1.07m
12:00PM1.51m
Low Tide
4:47PM0.18m
4:28AM0.30m
5:47PM0.23m
5:18AM0.40m
6:58PM0.28m
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clear
clear
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clear
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clear
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Temp °C
22
21
19
18
18
18
18
24
27
24
22
22
21
22
21
26
28
25
20
19
Feels °C
17
14
14
15
14
14
14
20
22
18
17
19
18
19
17
23
24
22
18
18
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