The Bluff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 26.67° S 153.11° E

Issued: 9 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Bluff sea temperature is

23.5°C

The Bluff 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 The Bluff today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Bluff at 12PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 32°C on Thu morning, min 18°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	N 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 8	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	31	33	38	38	49	37	38	137	112	72	66	47	47	40	35	36	36	57	60	57	57	40	57	57	58
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NNW	N	N	NW	W	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	E	E	NE	N	NW	NNW	NNE	NNE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	WNW	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	5:15AM1.46m				5:22PM1.62m				6:00AM1.60m				6:03PM1.59m				6:41AM1.72m				6:41PM1.54m
Low Tide			11:11AM0.44m				11:43PM0.26m				12:03PM0.40m				00:18AM0.21m				12:50PM0.39m				00:50AM0.16m


	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—
	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	6:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	24	30	32	32	27	24	21	20	21	22	22	21	20	19	18	18	20	24	25	23	21	21	20	19	21
Feels °C	23	27	29	30	26	23	20	18	19	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	21	24	23	24	20	21	21	19	22
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 5	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 9	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	E 9	NNE 5	E 9
kJ	24	17	38	38	23	37	36	34	33	47	47	47	34	35	33	25	25	17	60	57	57	39	57	12	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	NNE 5	NE 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	SSE 7	NNE 5	N 5	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 5	NE 10	NE 10	E 9	ENE 12	E 9	NNE 4
kJ	31	33	17	3	35	35	34	18	12	6	6	17	3	1	35	36	36	57	11	4	4	40	14	57	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	NNE 5	E 13	NE 5	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 10	SSE 9	NE 10	NE 7	ENE 12	E 12	E 5	E 12
kJ	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	3	3	3	4	26	4	2	14	3	2	25
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NNE 6	N 5	—	SSE 4	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 5	ESE 6	ESE 6	—	—	—	—	ENE 5	NE 4	NE 4	W 3	NNE 5	WNW 3	—
kJ	—	—	—	20	49	—	38	137	112	72	66	33	47	40	—	—	—	—	28	31	29	2	32	1	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	32	33	33	33	33	172	5	5	0	0	0	5	651	665	5	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1
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