Flat Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.84° S 153.61° E

Issued: 4 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Flat Rock sea temperature is

21.6°C

Flat Rock 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 Flat Rock today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 7AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	!	!	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	NNE 5	N 5	E 9	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	172	233	250	246	315	311	344	321	254	199	153	116	113	90	78	71	58	111	408	465	636	1156	1807	1972	1519	1079
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	S	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	W	S	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:08AM1.29m				7:11PM1.23m				7:49AM1.41m				7:52PM1.18m					8:28AM1.50m				8:30PM1.13m
Low Tide	00:45AM0.13m				1:13PM0.27m				1:21AM0.12m					2:03PM0.26m			1:54AM0.12m					2:49PM0.27m				2:26AM0.14m


	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	7:10
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	19	20	20	21	20	19	18	17	19	24	26	25	22	21	21	20	19	20	19	17	18	18	16	14
Feels °C	17	17	18	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	19	23	24	23	20	20	20	16	15	16	13	9	10	11	12	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	E 9	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	50	51	250	246	315	311	344	321	254	199	153	116	113	90	68	58	43	20	15	61	81	78	72	71	48	48
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	NNE 6	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11
kJ	11	11	51	50	50	50	51	52	53	57	65	62	60	58	58	48	58	58	39	9	6	21	20	32	32	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 13	NE 11	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 5	E 13	NE 12	NE 12	NE 10	E 12	S 8	E 12	E 12	NE 12	NE 12	N 6	N 6	—	—	NE 13
kJ	4	4	12	13	13	12	4	5	6	11	10	3	6	6	4	12	43	26	41	23	23	7	3	—	—	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	—	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 5	N 5	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9
kJ	172	233	—	—	—	—	7	6	—	—	13	14	26	62	78	71	78	111	408	465	636	1156	1807	1972	1519	1079
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	4
Distance (km)	23	4	4	4	23	23	76	1	0	0	0	1	462	170	147	4	0	34	23	23	279	279	366	175	23	4
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1					4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	4	4	5	4	4	1	3	3	1	2	5	5	1	3	3	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	7	8	5	5	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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