The Spit 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 27.94° S 153.43° E

Issued: 9 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Spit sea temperature is

22.4°C

The Spit 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 Spit today (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for The Spit at 4PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, light winds from the NW by Fri night).
	Wednesday 4						Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	N 6	N 6	N 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	N 5	E 8	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	SE 10	SE 10	E 8	ENE 5	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	19	19	19	106	88	69	32	32	33	37	38	51	35	72	56	54	50	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NW	N	NNW	WNW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NNW	W	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE	N	NNW	NW	NW
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	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	4:35AM1.09m				4:36PM1.39m				5:29AM1.22m				5:31PM1.36m				6:14AM1.34m				6:16PM1.32m				6:55AM1.44m
Low Tide			10:13AM0.44m				11:12PM0.24m				11:18AM0.38m				11:52PM0.20m				12:13PM0.33m				00:27AM0.16m


	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—
	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	6:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	28	30	28	25	24	22	22	23	29	31	32	22	20	19	19	20	21	22	21	20	20	19	18	19
Feels °C	20	26	28	27	24	22	20	19	20	25	27	30	18	17	16	17	18	19	20	19	19	20	19	18	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 5	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 5
kJ	13	13	15	30	24	20	23	25	33	37	38	37	35	34	49	35	50	35	35	35	35	11	16	17	18
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	SSE 7	SE 8	SE 9	SE 10	SE 10	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9
kJ	19	19	19	20	21	21	32	32	15	15	9	12	11	8	6	3	19	15	21	25	26	35	35	36	36
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	—	—	—	—	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	—	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 5	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	2	2	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	1	20	10	10	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 3	WNW 2	—	N 6	N 6	N 6	—	—	—	—	NW 2	N 5	SSE 2	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	ENE 4	ENE 5	—	N 5
kJ	2	1	—	106	88	69	—	—	—	—	1	51	3	72	56	54	22	20	13	12	11	20	27	—	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	32	32	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	80	68	28	28	17	28	28	28	149	4	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Gold Coast			Duranbah	Akkorokamui	Tallebudgera	Tallebudgera	Nobby's Beach	Nobby's Beach	Palm beach	Palm beach	Tallebudgera	Currumbin Point			Rainbow Bay	Rainbow Bay	Snapper Rocks	Snapper Rocks	Snapper Rocks	Snapper Rocks		Narrow Neck	Tallebudgera	Tallebudgera	Tallebudgera
Rating (10 max)			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	2	1	2	2		1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Bunker Bay Bommie WA - Margaret River	Akkorokamui QLD - Gold Coast	Cyclops WA - Far South	Depot Beach NSW - South Coast	Cyclops WA - Far South	Depot Beach NSW - South Coast	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Bunker Bay Bommie WA - Margaret River	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	Black Rock NSW - North Coast	St George River VIC - Cape Otway	Guillotines NSW - South Coast	Boneyard NSW - Illawarra	Mystics NSW - Illawarra	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Bells Beach - Rincon VIC - Torquay	Snapper Rocks QLD - Gold Coast	May's Point TAS - East Coast	Ulladulla Bommie NSW - South Coast	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River	Margaret River Bommie WA - Margaret River
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	1	4	1	4	1	5	3	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	1	2	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5	6

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