Swansea Point Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.12° S 148.08° E

Swansea Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 14 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Swansea Point sea temperature is
13.1° C
0.9° 

Swansea Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Swansea Point today (14 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Swansea Point at 8PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Aug)--
Afternoon (14 Aug)4ft (1.2m)16s
Evening (14 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 6°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
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)
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
SSE
16
1.2
S
16
1.4
S
15
0.7
SSE
15
0.6
SSE
15
0.7
SSE
15
0.7
SSE
15
0.7
SSE
15
0.6
SSE
15
0.6
SSE
15
0.6
SSE
15
0.8
SSE
9
0.8
SSE
9
0.5
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
14
0.4
SSE
13
0.4
SSE
13
0.5
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
250
692
892
237
179
237
240
240
176
169
167
120
116
111
76
76
63
58
53
85
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
20
SW
15
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
0
NW
10
ESE
10
E
5
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
0
NW
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
W
5
WNW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
9:25PM1.21m
10:29AM1.03m
10:18PM1.12m
11:10AM1.06m
Low Tide
4:08AM0.15m
4:15PM0.40m
4:47AM0.23m
5:13PM0.38m
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:01
6:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:23
5:24
 mm
Temp °C
15
14
9
9
8
7
6
9
12
10
9
8
8
8
8
11
13
11
10
10
Feels °C
9
9
6
6
5
4
3
7
9
7
7
5
5
5
5
9
10
9
9
8
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Swansea Point surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest