Flat Rock Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.84° S 153.61° E

Flat Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Flat Rock sea temperature is
20.8°C
0.4° 

Flat Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Flat Rock today (18 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 4AM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)7ft (2.1m)9s
Afternoon (18 Sep)6ft (1.8m)9s
Evening (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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)
!
!
2
4
3
3
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.2
SSE
10
2.1
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.3
SE
9
1.3
SE
9
1.3
SE
9
1.3
SE
9
1.2
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
1.1
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.9
SE
9
0.8
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1962
1699
1365
1042
869
721
614
547
269
275
281
238
220
176
172
123
126
84
Wind (km/h)
30
S
25
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SE
10
E
15
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
on
glassy
High Tide
11:58PM0.91m
1:07PM1.28m
00:57AM0.82m
2:15PM1.25m
Low Tide
6:53PM0.61m
6:00AM0.46m
8:09PM0.65m
6:50AM0.53m
9:50PM0.62m
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:41
5:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:38
5:38
 mm
Temp °C
18
18
18
15
14
17
18
18
18
17
16
15
15
21
23
20
20
19
Feels °C
12
12
13
12
11
15
16
16
16
14
14
14
13
20
20
17
19
19
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Flat Rock surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest