Flat Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.84° S 153.61° E

Issued: 10 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Flat Rock sea temperature is

21.0°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 (15 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 5PM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	7s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Evening (15 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 15						Friday 16								Saturday 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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 7	ESE 7	SE 7	SSE 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	478	382	178	150	217	351	338	320	284	448	392	415	524	402	593	396	314	446	365	365	332	325
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			11:56AM1.45m				11:56PM0.91m				12:39PM1.39m				00:44AM0.82m				1:27PM1.31m
Low Tide	5:07AM0.32m				6:42PM0.48m				5:41AM0.39m				7:38PM0.51m				6:21AM0.46m					8:44PM0.52m


	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	1	—
Temp °C	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	18	18
Feels °C	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 12	E 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	54	57	125	99	217	351	338	320	284	448	38	54	54	88	52	396	314	446	365	365	332	325
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 12	S 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	—	SE 13	SSE 13	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	76	116	178	150	58	36	36	36	36	37	—	44	92	54	55	39	37	37	23	37	36	36
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 14	ENE 9	E 8	E 8	E 13	—	ENE 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 10	—	SSE 13	SSE 12
kJ	—	4	43	37	36	4	—	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	—	65	104
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 7	ESE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	—	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 11	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6
kJ	478	382	150	127	140	112	100	85	85	—	392	415	524	402	593	50	119	98	122	96	80	80
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	69
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4

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