Shallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.99° S 151.73° E

Issued: 10 am 14 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Shallows sea temperature is

20.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Shallows today (14 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 3PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	7s
Evening (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Mon afternoon. Warm (max 31°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Sun afternoon).
	Saturday 14						Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue 17
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 5	E 5	E 7	E 7	E 11	E 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 10	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	33	35	27	18	29	17	34	24	39	42	73	73	73	52	55	55	35	176	196	231	115	95	88	142
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	N	NE	NNE	N	WNW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			11:48AM1.43m				00:50AM0.94m				12:34PM1.36m				1:49AM0.94m				1:24PM1.30m					2:52AM0.97m
Low Tide	5:11AM0.50m				6:48PM0.32m				5:56AM0.56m				7:38PM0.35m				6:51AM0.61m					8:30PM0.36m


	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	7:32
mm	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	8	4	1	—	2	2
Temp °C	24	31	31	24	24	22	20	19	20	19	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	15	16	16	18	17	17
Feels °C	23	29	31	22	23	23	21	19	20	16	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	13	16	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 5	E 5	E 7	E 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 6	S 6	S 7	ESE 7
kJ	33	35	27	18	29	17	34	24	17	18	73	73	73	52	55	55	35	31	31	31	115	95	88	77
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 8	E 8	ENE 7	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 12	S 8	S 14	S 14	S 18	S 18	S 17	E 7	S 17	E 7	E 7	E 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 10
kJ	4	4	4	1	4	11	7	7	39	42	6	4	4	7	6	6	8	6	10	10	17	42	36	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 6	E 9	E 9	E 13	E 11	S 9	S 9	E 12	E 12	S 10	NE 8	S 18	S 17	S 17	E 7	S 17	S 17	E 10	E 7	E 7	N 11
kJ	5	1	1	1	7	7	3	10	6	6	11	24	2	3	6	6	6	1	6	6	17	16	24	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	E 4	—	NNW 3	—	SW 3	S 4	S 5	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	ESE 6	—	—	S 8
kJ	—	—	—	13	—	3	—	2	12	22	34	52	74	80	98	131	173	176	196	231	54	—	—	142
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	6	6	216	76	115	21	6	6	0	0	183	36	97	36	134	177	212	212	36	87	81	0	36	36
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Rating (10 max)	1	1				1	1	1	1	1		1		1					2			1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	4	3
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