Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at The Rock today (08 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 13s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for The Rock at 8AM is: 1.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:30am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (+0530) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (08 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 13s |
| Evening (08 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at The Rock. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 49mm), heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 30°C on Thu morning, min 25°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 8 | Friday 9 | Saturday 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 16 | SSW 13 | S 19 | SSW 13 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | S 15 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 13 | S 15 | S 15 | S 16 | S 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 15 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 514 | 514 | 425 | 485 | 458 | 363 | 286 | 361 | 286 | 516 | 510 | 419 | 644 | 879 | 858 | 858 | 734 | 355 | 636 | 447 | 582 | 701 | 240 | 300 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide | 1:17AM0.49m | 1:13PM0.46m | 1:39AM0.54m | 1:40PM0.49m | 2:01AM0.58m | 2:05PM0.50m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:22AM0.10m | 7:19PM0.03m | 7:48AM0.06m | 7:42PM0.01m | 8:13AM0.03m | 8:06PM-0.01m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:55 | — | — |
mm | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 27 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 |
Feels °C | 30 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 28 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 14 | S 15 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | S 13 | S 15 | SW 7 | S 16 | S 16 | SW 6 | SW 6 |
| kJ | 514 | 514 | 425 | 485 | 458 | 286 | 286 | 286 | 286 | 340 | 330 | 419 | 644 | 879 | 858 | 858 | 734 | 355 | 636 | 116 | 582 | 701 | 73 | 92 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSW 16 | S 16 | S 19 | S 16 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | SSW 18 | S 18 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 16 | SW 7 | S 15 | SW 7 | SW 6 | S 12 | SSW 15 |
| kJ | 59 | 59 | 57 | 61 | 42 | 363 | 183 | 361 | 183 | 516 | 510 | 413 | 227 | 69 | 86 | 75 | 94 | 193 | 73 | 447 | 75 | 66 | 178 | 300 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | SSW 18 | SSW 22 | SSW 21 | SSE 8 | S 19 | S 16 | S 19 | — | SE 8 | SSE 8 | S 18 | — | — | — | SSW 16 | SW 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | — | SSW 12 | SSW 15 | S 12 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 109 | 91 | 147 | 39 | 270 | 124 | 267 | — | 74 | 28 | 307 | — | — | — | 346 | 15 | 65 | 64 | — | 111 | 240 | 175 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 4 | — | — | — | WSW 6 | WSW 6 | WSW 6 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | 77 | 104 | 127 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 763 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1027 | 1010 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 875 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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