Shallows Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.99° S 151.73° E

Shallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Shallows sea temperature is
18.8°C
0.3° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 10AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the S by Mon night).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
!
3
3
2
0
1
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
S
8
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.5
S
6
0.8
S
7
1
S
8
1.3
S
8
2.2
S
10
3
S
10
2.1
S
10
1.8
S
9
1.5
S
8
1.6
S
9
1.7
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.8
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
61
64
55
96
62
58
41
42
42
27
27
17
66
113
208
1046
1752
821
521
324
384
518
497
510
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
25
NNW
10
W
10
N
15
W
25
W
25
WNW
20
WSW
20
S
20
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
E
25
E
20
SE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:14AM0.97m
2:40PM1.45m
3:42AM0.97m
3:54PM1.50m
4:57AM1.03m
4:59PM1.57m
Low Tide
7:45AM0.46m
9:48PM0.33m
9:07AM0.47m
10:59PM0.24m
10:24AM0.43m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:05
6:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
5:38
 mm
1
Temp °C
17
16
15
21
27
29
19
20
20
18
15
18
18
18
17
17
16
16
15
16
18
17
17
16
Feels °C
14
13
11
17
24
24
18
18
17
12
9
12
13
14
12
13
13
14
14
15
16
13
14
12
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