The Guillotine Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.82° S 114.99° E

The Guillotine 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 22 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Guillotine sea temperature is
18.8°C
1.4° 

The Guillotine 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 Guillotine today (23 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 16s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Guillotine at 2AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 20s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AWST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)8ft (2.4m)14s
Afternoon (23 Aug)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (23 Aug)6ft (1.9m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the NW by Tue afternoon).

Sat
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
4
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1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
15
2.3
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.1
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
2.5
SW
13
2.4
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
1.9
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
16
3.5
WSW
15
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
14
3
WSW
13
2.5
WSW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
WSW
13
2.3
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3439
2742
2056
1785
1785
1841
2108
1912
2241
1857
5287
4631
4082
3582
2820
2323
2111
1990
1624
Wind (km/h)
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SE
5
SW
5
N
10
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
5:28AM0.87m
6:35AM0.90m
Low Tide
3:54PM0.28m
4:05PM0.29m
4:17PM0.29m
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:50
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:53
5:54
5:55
 mm
Temp °C
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
15
15
15
15
15
Feels °C
10
10
11
11
11
11
11
9
9
11
11
11
11
11
12
10
11
11
10
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