The Pass 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.63° E

Issued: 4 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Pass sea temperature is

21.2°C

The Pass 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 Pass today (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Pass at 7AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s
Evening (16 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat afternoon, min 17°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 9	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	36	36	36	448	392	441	479	280	452	483	363	356	365	386	378	370	312	305	266	272	272	226	203	199
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	11:36PM0.93m				12:17PM1.35m				00:29AM0.85m				1:14PM1.28m				1:41AM0.81m					2:22PM1.25m
Low Tide			5:21AM0.32m				7:04PM0.45m				6:08AM0.40m					8:14PM0.48m			7:10AM0.47m					9:30PM0.47m


	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—
mm	—	1	2	1	1	1	1	—	1	2	2	2	1	2	—	1	1	2	1	2	2	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	18
Feels °C	15	15	15	16	16	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SE 10	E 9	E 9	SSE 9	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ENE 7
kJ	338	320	239	448	392	39	54	280	452	483	363	356	365	386	378	370	312	305	266	272	272	226	203	166
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	SE 13	E 9	SSE 12	E 9	E 8	E 8	—	ENE 10	E 10	E 8	E 10	E 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	ESE 12	SSE 9
kJ	36	36	36	37	38	44	55	88	54	52	51	—	33	31	12	29	28	33	18	18	18	8	15	199
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	ENE 10	—	—	—	—	SSE 13	E 9	—	—	—	—	S 17	ENE 8	ENE 10	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 15	S 13	N 13	S 13	S 12	N 12	ESE 12
kJ	—	20	—	—	—	—	92	54	—	—	—	—	6	13	20	13	12	4	14	3	3	3	3	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	—	—	SE 10	SE 10	E 6	ENE 6	E 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	—
kJ	111	88	88	—	—	441	479	50	42	58	117	160	162	124	123	127	128	148	148	168	181	187	187	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	53	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	4	2	4	4	4	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	7	5	5

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