Shallows Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.99° S 151.73° E

Shallows 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Shallows sea temperature is
17.8° C
0.8° 

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 (31 Jul):

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Shallows at 12AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jul)--
Afternoon (31 Jul)--
Evening (31 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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)
1
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.8
S
11
1.8
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.7
S
10
1.9
S
10
2
S
10
2.1
S
9
2.1
S
9
1.7
S
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
367
334
764
709
575
552
680
725
771
755
495
528
471
400
344
351
308
280
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:43PM1.60m
9:22AM1.15m
9:17PM1.58m
9:58AM1.20m
9:52PM1.53m
Low Tide
3:24AM0.14m
2:56PM0.33m
3:55AM0.12m
3:36PM0.35m
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:13
5:14
 mm
Temp °C
14
15
14
11
11
12
14
15
15
16
15
13
12
12
14
14
16
16
Feels °C
9
12
11
8
8
8
9
10
11
12
11
10
9
10
12
12
13
13
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