Smiths Beach surf break

Smiths Beach surfForecast / VIC – Phillip Island / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 27 Sep 2025 AEST
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Smiths Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Smiths Beach sea temperature is
13.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Smiths Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Smiths Beach at 5AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (27 Sep)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (27 Sep)7ft (2.1m)13s

Table - waves today at Smiths Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
2
!
2
2
1
3
2
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
WSW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)91014121212121314161616161616151515141414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82939911527237238401065306238945355368034382875251620091675134413081063849656495405297
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
30
NW
30
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
35
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
E
15
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
WSW
25
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffglassoffcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:14AM
2.32
3:05PM
2.17
3:50AM
2.31
3:37PM
2.15
4:25AM
2.27
4:08PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:15AM
0.67
9:23PM
0.27
9:49AM
0.71
9:56PM
0.29
10:22AM
0.77
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Sunrise--6:01-------6:00-------5:58-----
Sunset-----6:19-------6:20-------6:20--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------111-------------2
Temp. °C1210101013141312111212121212121210981218191513
Feels °C (?)6331456666677991065371616128
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for VIC - Phillip Island

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Smiths Beach (light winds from the ESE at Rhyll Automatic Weather Station 7 km from Smiths Beach). 2.0m 13s groundswell from the WSW with a 1.2m 13s groundswell from the SW and a 0.5m 15s groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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Actual: 40 min ago

7 km/h
ESE
Clean
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