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Tip Beach surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 AEST
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Tip Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tip Beach sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Tip Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Tip Beach at 9PM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (20 Apr)7ft (2.1m)11s

Table - waves today at Tip Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
3
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
2
SE
2
ESE
2
SE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010109991211111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13071165952857784663569325346290338459589974844915955932103710621062940878785
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
E
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:27PM
1.53
11:45AM
1.04
11:22PM
1.48
12:54PM
0.99
12:24AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:06PM
0.42
5:27AM
0.04
4:58PM
0.49
6:31AM
0.08
5:59PM
0.55
7:38AM
0.13
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:31-------6:31-------6:33-
Sunset-5:28-------5:27-------5:25------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151514131312121516161414141413171917151515141518
Feels °C (?)131313131311111413141212121211151513121314121316
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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