The Bluff Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.67° S 153.11° E

The Bluff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 07 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Bluff sea temperature is
20.8°C
0.6° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bluff at 1AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (08 Sep)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (08 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu morning).

Mon
7
Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
8
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
NE
7
1.5
SE
6
1.6
SE
6
1.7
SE
6
1.4
SE
6
1.1
SE
5
1.3
SSE
8
0.8
SE
5
0.6
SE
5
0.6
ESE
5
0.6
ESE
6
0.6
ESE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
37
51
39
42
37
37
26
133
190
212
141
73
203
34
22
19
21
45
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
5
N
5
WNW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
5
N
Wind State
on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
5:28PM1.83m
5:45AM1.27m
6:18PM1.91m
6:34AM1.41m
7:02PM1.94m
Low Tide
00:07AM0.39m
11:37AM0.24m
00:49AM0.29m
12:29PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
 mm
Temp °C
18
17
17
16
17
20
20
19
19
19
17
16
16
19
19
19
18
18
Feels °C
18
18
18
16
17
18
17
15
15
16
15
14
14
18
18
17
17
18
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