Trapdoors Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is
20.2°C
0.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Trapdoors today (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 16s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 15s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 4AM is: 0.5m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Afternoon (30 Sep)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (30 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue night, fresh winds from the NNE by Fri afternoon).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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)
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.8
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
18
0.6
SSE
17
0.6
SSE
16
0.6
SSE
16
0.6
SSE
16
0.5
SSE
16
0.5
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
15
0.4
SSE
14
0.6
ENE
8
0.4
SSE
11
0.8
NE
8
1.1
NE
5
1.1
NE
5
1.1
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
129
135
107
178
229
214
206
198
137
128
85
70
47
44
71
54
58
67
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
N
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:38PM1.28m
10:09AM1.59m
10:25PM1.15m
10:59AM1.56m
Low Tide
3:39AM0.06m
4:37PM0.17m
4:20AM0.14m
5:38PM0.24m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
16
15
14
15
19
21
19
16
16
15
14
14
20
22
21
17
16
Feels °C
16
15
14
13
14
16
16
15
13
14
13
12
12
17
18
17
14
13
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