Swansea Point surf break

Swansea Point surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 AEST
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Swansea Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Swansea Point sea temperature is
16.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Swansea Point today?

The current surf forecast for Swansea Point at 6PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (17 Apr)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)9s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.5
SSE
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)1413778991010101011111111131212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)649625440561668680311311362150814291273123010541095176213721258121312911092882850778
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:01AM
1.05
8:07PM
1.20
9:04AM
1.03
8:51PM
1.25
10:08AM
1.01
9:38PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
0.34
2:45AM
0.14
2:41PM
0.40
3:41AM
0.06
3:30PM
0.47
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:39-------6:41-------6:41-------
Sunset---5:34-------5:31-------5:30----
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101215131010101010121313977661115131091011
Feels °C (?)35853333356754433912108789
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