Flat Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.84° S 153.61° E

Issued: 9 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Flat Rock sea temperature is

20.3° 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 (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 5PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (28 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 28						Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	169	127	103	92	51	46	44	42	28	27	18	18	18	18	18	13	19	34	110	206	161	123
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SSE	ENE	NNE	N	NW	W	W	W	WSW	ENE	NNE	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	on	cross-on	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross
High Tide		7:26AM0.99m				7:49PM1.62m				8:06AM1.03m				8:23PM1.64m				8:43AM1.07m				8:57PM1.63m
Low Tide			12:58PM0.35m					2:35AM0.34m				1:40PM0.31m				3:06AM0.28m				2:19PM0.28m


	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	15	18	17	17	17	16	14	14	17	21	20	18	16	14	13	13	15	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	11	14	18	16	15	15	14	12	12	15	18	17	16	14	12	9	9	12	12	12	12	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 6	SSE 12
kJ	169	127	103	92	51	46	44	42	28	16	18	18	18	18	18	13	19	25	24	19	12	123
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 4	S 10	SE 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	S 7	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	NE 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	NE 7	E 6
kJ	27	3	6	6	17	16	18	18	16	27	17	8	8	8	4	7	8	7	12	12	17	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	SSE 7	SE 7	SSE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SE 6	E 13	E 13	S 15	SSE 14	NE 7
kJ	4	27	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	5	2	4	7	8	2	3	3	4	36	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 3	SW 3	SW 3	—	ENE 4	NE 4	NW 2	NW 3	—	—	WSW 3	—	—	—	—	SW 3	SSW 3	S 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7
kJ	3	3	3	—	6	9	1	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	2	9	34	110	206	161	110
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	23	4	17	0	0	0	0	0	251	232	232	245	193	141	4	36	34	15	4
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1						1	1	1	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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