Flat Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.84° S 153.61° E

Issued: 4 pm 05 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 (05 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 8PM is: 1.4m 5s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Fri morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat night).
	Thu 5				Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	N 5	N 5	E 9	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	56	55	87	131	181	233	291	259	270	252	220	314	202	157	119	88	86	66	70	71	58	71
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	S	SE	ENE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	N	W	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	cross
High Tide			6:25PM1.27m				7:08AM1.29m				7:11PM1.23m				7:49AM1.41m				7:52PM1.18m
Low Tide	12:15PM0.30m				00:45AM0.13m				1:13PM0.27m				1:21AM0.12m					2:03PM0.26m			1:54AM0.12m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	7:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	32	32	21	21	20	20	19	20	21	21	20	19	18	17	19	24	26	25	22	21	20	20
Feels °C	28	29	18	18	17	18	18	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	18	23	25	24	20	20	20	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 6
kJ	40	37	50	68	68	50	291	259	270	252	220	314	202	157	119	88	86	66	58	58	58	43
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9
kJ	56	55	25	18	12	12	50	50	50	50	51	52	53	57	64	64	60	58	48	45	29	58
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 5	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 14	NE 13	ENE 4	E 13	NE 9	E 13	NE 10	NE 12	NE 10	E 12	E 12	E 12
kJ	4	2	4	4	4	4	12	20	12	12	4	7	5	4	3	3	4	6	4	12	26	26
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	NE 6	NNE 6	N 6	NNE 5	N 5	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	S 8
kJ	—	—	87	131	181	233	—	—	—	—	21	6	5	11	13	11	20	50	70	71	53	71
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	72	23	23	4	0	4	23	23	76	1	0	0	0	1	422	251	34	34
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1			1	1
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