The Bluff Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.67° S 153.11° E

The Bluff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bluff sea temperature is
20.4° C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at The Bluff today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 7s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bluff at 8AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)7ft (2.2m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)7ft (2.2m)7s
Evening (16 Jul)8ft (2.5m)8s

Table - waves today at The Bluff. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SSE
7
2
SSE
7
2.2
SE
8
2.2
SE
8
2.2
SSE
7
2.2
SSE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.5
SE
8
2.3
SE
7
1.9
SE
6
1.8
SE
6
1.8
SE
6
2.1
SE
6
2
SE
7
2
SE
7
1.9
SE
7
1.7
SE
8
1.5
SE
8
1.8
SE
9
2.5
SE
10
3
SE
10
3.5
SE
10
3.5
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
352
418
558
530
513
532
819
929
724
480
302
256
256
331
342
363
362
326
277
519
1397
1902
2413
2741
Wind (km/h)
30
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
35
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:17AM1.41m
9:52PM2.04m
10:06AM1.41m
10:35PM1.91m
10:57AM1.40m
Low Tide
3:42AM0.33m
3:10PM0.17m
4:26AM0.33m
3:59PM0.25m
5:09AM0.35m
4:48PM0.37m
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:12
5:12
5:13
 mm
3
1
3
4
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
15
16
17
16
14
14
16
17
16
17
18
18
16
15
15
14
14
16
18
17
17
17
Feels °C
8
9
9
10
11
10
7
9
11
13
13
13
13
13
11
11
11
9
9
10
12
11
11
11
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