The Pass 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.63° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Pass sea temperature is

20.6°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Pass at 7AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	NNE 5	NNE 5	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	210	210	375	328	255	240	216	162	188	167	224	161	149	116	153	140	97	93	90	64	63	56	61	31
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	ESE	E	ESE	ENE	NE	W	WSW	ESE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	cross-on	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				9:03AM1.46m				9:12PM1.44m				9:41AM1.46m				9:46PM1.29m					10:20AM1.43m
Low Tide		2:54AM0.02m				3:07PM0.12m				3:23AM0.07m				3:50PM0.21m				3:53AM0.13m					4:34PM0.32m


	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	16	16	19	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	17	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	19	21	20	18	18
Feels °C	15	14	14	17	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	17	17	17	15	15	14	15	15	17	18	16	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 12	SSE 12	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 5
kJ	210	210	375	328	255	240	216	162	188	167	224	161	149	116	153	140	31	33	25	64	63	56	31	28
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 21	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 16	E 5	E 10	ENE 5	E 5	E 10	E 10	E 9	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	E 11	NE 12	NE 12	E 14	SSE 10
kJ	110	94	84	129	74	65	61	28	26	15	8	9	14	2	2	2	97	93	90	2	5	5	4	31
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 9	SSE 16	E 13	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 10	E 10	NE 12	E 12	E 12	E 10	E 12	E 10	E 14	E 15	E 15	E 12	E 14
kJ	13	6	26	13	1	6	1	8	8	8	3	8	2	6	3	3	2	3	2	4	4	4	3	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 5	NNW 2	N 3	N 3	NE 6	NE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 4
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	27	33	1	3	3	32	24	56	61	30
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	53	223	215	6	1	1	1	27	229	229	229	66
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2				1	1	1	1	1				2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	2	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5

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