Skull Island Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.32° S 157.16° E

Skull Island 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Skull Island sea temperature is
27.6° C
0.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Skull Island today (04 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Skull Island at 10PM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 2.1m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm August 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (+11) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)--
Afternoon (04 Aug)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (04 Aug)8ft (2.5m)10s

Table - waves today at Skull Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 26°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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)
1
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
SSE
10
2
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2
S
10
1.8
S
10
1.8
S
10
1.7
S
9
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.4
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.5
S
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
825
641
1102
1102
1102
783
614
602
508
441
380
334
349
369
405
418
418
391
391
321
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
8:39PM0.68m
8:40PM0.72m
8:40PM0.76m
Low Tide
12:13PM0.26m
11:31AM0.23m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:30
6:30
6:30
 mm
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
3
2
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
Temp °C
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
26
27
27
27
27
26
Feels °C
28
27
27
28
29
29
29
30
29
29
29
29
28
29
29
30
30
30
30
29
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