Flat Rock 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.84° S 153.61° E

Issued: 9 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Flat Rock sea temperature is

20.6°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 (08 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 7s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 2PM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	5ft (1.6m)	9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	7s
Evening (08 Sep)	6.5ft (2.0m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed morning, fresh winds from the S by Wed night).
	Tuesday 8						Wednesday 9								Thursday 10
	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)	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	230	402	382	459	509	573	542	488	436	366	371	352	295	295	257	562	1415	1995	1865	1733	1738	1665
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	WSW	SW	ESE	ENE	E	SSE	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	on	cross-on	on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide	6:04AM1.09m				6:24PM1.67m				6:52AM1.20m					7:11PM1.69m				7:35AM1.31m				7:53PM1.66m
Low Tide			11:42AM0.29m					1:02AM0.21m			12:39PM0.20m					1:41AM0.15m				1:30PM0.15m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—
mm	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	18	19	18	18	18	17	15	14	17	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	18
Feels °C	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	16	17	15	16	15	14	11	10	9	11	12	11	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	E 10	E 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 18	S 17	S 23	E 10	SSE 23
kJ	230	11	10	8	16	15	542	488	436	366	371	352	295	295	257	14	14	6	22	11	7	105
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	NE 8	NE 8	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SE 12	ESE 12	E 15	E 15	E 15	S 23	E 15	SSE 23	E 10
kJ	18	16	17	17	10	10	15	14	16	14	14	14	14	38	56	4	4	4	11	4	53	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NNE 9	—	N 8	—	—	NE 6	NE 7	E 16	NE 7	NE 6	E 16	ESE 13	E 9	E 8	S 21	S 17	—	E 15	S 23	E 15	E 15
kJ	5	7	—	1	—	—	6	2	5	2	2	5	17	13	13	8	6	—	4	11	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	S 9	S 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 9	—	—	—	—	—	NE 6	—	—	S 3	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	—	402	382	459	509	573	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	3	562	1415	1995	1865	1733	1738	1665
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	3	2	2	1	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	4	5	4	4	3	2
Distance (km)	23	75	251	69	34	23	4	0	0	0	23	279	23	23	23	76	206	206	251	251	69	75
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Rating (10 max)	1			2	2	4	3	3	2	2	2		2	2	1						3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	3	4	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	5	4	5	5	4	4	6	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	8	8	8	7	6	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	6	5	9	9	8

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