Steps 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 26.32° N 127.76° E

Issued: 8 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Steps sea temperature is

28.8°C

Steps 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 Steps today (13 Sep):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Steps at 1AM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 08:00pm September 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (JST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (13 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	6s
Evening (13 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Mon night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 27°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 12		Sunday 13								Monday 14
	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 7	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	14	8	8	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		8:00PM2.09m				8:17AM2.11m				8:26PM2.07m				8:54AM2.02m				8:51PM2.02m
Low Tide				2:07AM0.33m				2:23PM0.42m				2:40AM0.30m				2:51PM0.57m


	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—
	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	27	27	27	27	27	29	28	27	27	27	27	27	28	29	29	28	27
Feels °C	31	30	30	30	30	29	32	29	29	30	30	30	31	32	33	32	31	30
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	N 6	NNW 6	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9
kJ	23	22	13	63	62	61	61	62	61	57	56	155	137	144	151	154	158	162
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	E 14	E 14	NNW 6	NNW 6	ESE 9	ESE 9	NNW 6	S 6	N 6	N 5	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13
kJ	14	61	62	13	12	16	15	7	3	5	8	57	56	55	55	54	54	54
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 14	S 7	S 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	NNW 6	NNW 6	S 6	NNW 6	S 6	S 6	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 5
kJ	63	8	8	17	17	7	7	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	2	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 5	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 8	ESE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	25	24	29	33	36	40	56	117	156	172	155	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	610	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		2	2	2	2	1	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	5	5

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