Swansea Point surf break

Swansea Point surfForecast / TAS – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 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 4PM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
S
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
SSE
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
3
S
2.2
SSE
2.3
SE
Period(s) (?)1313141413131313141377999101010101111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5331115963153575896982543627248051051132514471430135113311292236011441304
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
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
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:39-------6:39-------6:41-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:34-------5:31----
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C11161817141212111012141311101010101113139876
Feels °C (?)712131263433576333334675543
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