The Well Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.61° S 142.87° E

The Well 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Well sea temperature is
14.0°C
0.5° 

The Well surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Well today (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Well at 8AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 01). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (01 Sep)7ft (2.2m)15s
Evening (01 Sep)6ft (1.8m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 9°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
5
4
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
4
6
5
6
6
5
6
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0
0
0
0
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7
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.1
SW
14
2
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
2.5
WSW
14
3
WSW
15
3
SW
16
3.5
SW
16
3.5
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
15
4
SW
14
4
WSW
14
5
WSW
14
5
WSW
14
5.5
WSW
14
5.5
SW
14
5.5
SW
14
5.5
SW
14
5.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4678
4164
3539
2851
2341
1863
1624
1163
2968
3601
5020
6072
6436
6206
6040
6670
7237
10016
10170
11574
11324
10899
12999
11494
Wind (km/h)
15
N
20
N
25
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
WNW
25
NW
20
W
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
WNW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:03AM0.66m
1:49PM0.62m
2:32AM0.69m
1:52PM0.60m
3:03AM0.69m
1:51PM0.60m
Low Tide
8:02AM0.21m
8:02PM0.11m
8:25AM0.27m
8:16PM0.06m
8:45AM0.34m
8:33PM0.02m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:52
6:50
6:48
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:05
6:06
6:07
 mm
4
1
1
5
Temp °C
13
11
12
16
19
18
13
13
11
11
10
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
12
13
12
11
Feels °C
10
6
6
10
12
12
8
10
7
6
6
8
7
8
8
7
7
6
5
4
4
6
5
6
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