The Pass 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.63° E

Issued: 3 am 12 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Pass sea temperature is

20.5° 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 (12 Aug):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for The Pass at 8AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (12 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Evening (12 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14
	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)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 6	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	87	85	83	83	83	85	87	85	83	61	61	60	61	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	42	112	192
Wind (km/h)	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	NE	WSW	W	W	WSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				7:24AM1.13m				7:50PM1.91m				8:08AM1.21m				8:32PM1.88m				8:51AM1.27m				9:11PM1.78m
Low Tide		1:49AM0.04m				1:10PM-0.04m				2:28AM-0.00m				1:57PM-0.05m				3:05AM-0.01m				2:42PM-0.02m


	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:21	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	14	18	20	18	16	15	15	14	14	16	18	17	16	16	15	13	13	15	17	18	17	17
Feels °C	11	10	11	16	18	15	13	11	11	9	10	12	14	13	12	13	12	9	9	11	13	15	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	E 9	S 7	S 7	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	S 8	E 9
kJ	87	85	83	196	182	149	146	141	98	94	61	55	112	212	43	43	43	43	253	253	43	42	98	42
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	S 9	S 13	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 7	NE 7	NE 10	NE 8	E 9	E 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 9	S 19
kJ	16	43	81	83	83	85	87	85	83	61	66	60	61	43	2	2	4	3	43	43	3	3	42	7
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	NNE 6	S 9	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	S 9	S 9	NNE 7	N 10	S 20	S 19	S 19	NE 9	NE 9	S 17	S 15	S 19	NE 9
kJ	29	16	24	11	10	10	9	10	9	5	4	43	28	5	2	8	7	7	3	3	6	5	7	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 2	WSW 3	WSW 3	—	—	—	NNE 3	W 3	WSW 4	SW 4	SSW 5	S 7	—	—	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	S 8	S 8	S 7	SSE 6	SSE 7
kJ	1	3	2	—	—	—	2	4	16	25	31	128	—	—	257	294	333	302	—	357	334	257	112	192
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	13	1	1	1	0	53	1	13	13	13	6	2	0	13	13	2	2	8	8	2	2	13	2	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	2	1	1	2	1	4	8	8	9	4	5	4	4	9	8	8	7	7	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	6	9	9	9	9	5	5	6	9	8	9	7	7	9	8	9

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