Swansea Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 42.12° S 148.08° E

Issued: 9 am 22 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Swansea Point sea temperature is

13.0° C

Swansea Point 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 Swansea Point today (22 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 12s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 14s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Swansea Point at 4PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 22). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Jul)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s
Afternoon (22 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	14s
Evening (22 Jul)	0.5ft (0.2m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed morning, min 5°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wednesday 22						Thursday 23								Friday 24
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	SE 12	S 14	S 13	S 13	SSE 13	SSE 14	SSE 15	SSE 15	S 14	S 14	SSE 14	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSW 15	SSW 8	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 14
Wave Graph
kJ	13	6	4	14	14	34	36	79	71	104	142	213	320	693	2315	542	347	264	181	137	113	156
Wind (km/h)	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	NW	WNW	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide				2:47PM1.09m				3:37AM0.75m				3:28PM1.09m					4:45AM0.74m				4:10PM1.09m
Low Tide		8:01AM0.46m				9:48PM0.39m				8:41AM0.51m					10:43PM0.36m			9:26AM0.56m


	7:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:26	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	13	14	13	8	6	6	5	5	8	10	9	7	6	5	6	6	7	10	11	13	13
Feels °C	8	9	9	9	4	2	1	0	0	2	3	1	-1	-2	-2	-1	1	2	4	5	7	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 5	ENE 10	SSE 15	S 14	S 14	SSE 14	SSE 16	SSE 15	ENE 10	SSE 15	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	92	90	68	67	67	39	11	38	71	104	142	213	320	693	9	419	347	264	166	137	113	110
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	S 13	SSE 13	ENE 10	SSE 15	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	—	ENE 10	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	S 14	SSE 14
kJ	8	3	7	3	14	34	38	79	38	25	25	25	19	10	—	9	250	250	181	125	107	156
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 13	SE 12	S 14	S 13	SE 12	N 6	SSE 14	S 6	E 12	E 12	E 12	NE 7	NE 7	N 6	—	—	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	13	6	4	14	6	1	36	6	3	3	3	2	2	1	—	—	9	4	4	4	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 2	NW 3	WNW 3	W 3	SW 4	SW 4	W 4	W 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	W 4	WSW 4	WSW 5	SW 5	SSW 15	SSW 8	WSW 5	W 4	W 4	WNW 4	W 4	W 4
kJ	2	2	3	1	15	27	14	18	28	38	33	52	84	91	2315	542	40	22	21	28	21	15
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	5	5	9	1	2	3	9	4	1	1
Distance (km)	34	77	15	15	15	15	15	34	15	95	575	95	527	527	528	51	0	15	527	575	95	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		2				1	3	3			1	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	9	5	1	6	5	6	9	9	9	4	9	4	4	9
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	7	9	6	4	4	5	6	4	9	9	9	8	8	8	7

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