Stockton Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.90° S 151.79° E

Issued: 4 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Stockton Beach sea temperature is

21.5°C

Stockton Beach 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 Stockton Beach today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Stockton Beach at 10AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Evening (05 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	ESE 7	E 7	E 7	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	SSE 6	S 7	S 8	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	23	15	16	15	71	146	290	579	476	472	445	412	355	195	157	121	94	73	55	40	40	27	192	502	990	1080
Wind (km/h)	W	NW	W	SW	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	W	WNW	SE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	WNW	W	ENE	ESE	S	S	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:20AM1.39m				6:23PM1.43m				7:04AM1.49m				7:14PM1.40m				7:43AM1.58m				7:59PM1.35m
Low Tide	11:57PM0.30m				12:19PM0.46m				00:41AM0.29m				1:14PM0.38m				1:19AM0.29m					2:02PM0.32m			1:54AM0.30m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	7:23
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	18	21	19	18	18	17	16	14	15	18	19	20	19	18	16	16	18	25	26	23	17	15	14	12
Feels °C	16	15	15	16	12	12	13	14	14	12	14	17	15	15	14	16	15	15	16	24	24	20	12	9	7	5
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	ESE 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	23	15	16	15	21	12	26	397	476	472	445	412	355	195	157	121	94	73	55	38	26	24	28	28	27	27
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	SSW 5	S 5	ENE 8	—	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 14	E 8	E 8	ENE 5	ENE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	NE 6	S 18	S 18	S 17
kJ	9	9	4	6	—	8	2	25	25	24	23	23	23	4	23	23	17	12	24	40	40	27	9	6	6	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	—	—	S 12	—	—	—	—	E 14	E 14	E 14	—	E 13	E 14	E 8	E 9	ENE 6	E 13	S 16	ENE 3	S 19	S 18	—	S 18
kJ	6	6	13	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	4	4	4	—	4	4	23	23	7	4	5	2	7	6	—	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SSW 5	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	—	—	—	—	ENE 9	E 4	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 5	—	—	WNW 2	NE 6	ENE 4	SSE 6	S 7	S 8	S 9
kJ	—	—	—	39	71	146	290	579	—	—	—	—	25	22	22	21	38	—	—	1	19	8	192	502	990	1080
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4
Distance (km)	24	24	24	98	344	422	223	11	0	0	0	83	414	506	138	3	0	0	0	0	29	46	162	106	92	94
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1					4	3	3	3	1				1	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	1	1	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	2	2	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	8	9	8	7	7	6	5

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