Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Issued: 4 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is

20.9°C

Trapdoors 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 Trapdoors today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 9AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the S by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 9	E 9	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	341	294	288	275	308	299	237	194	172	122	99	76	75	54	45	40	40	255	308	414	763	1374	1494	1046	1218	971
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	SE	E	ENE	NNE	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	ENE	ENE	NE	N	WSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off
High Tide			6:52AM1.37m				6:53PM1.27m				7:31AM1.48m				7:36PM1.22m					8:07AM1.55m				8:16PM1.17m
Low Tide	00:30AM0.11m				1:01PM0.27m				1:05AM0.09m				1:48PM0.22m				1:37AM0.10m					2:31PM0.18m				2:09AM0.11m


	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	17	20	21	20	19	18	17	16	19	25	25	24	21	20	18	17	16	17	16	19	16	14	14	13
Feels °C	14	13	16	19	19	18	18	17	16	15	18	24	23	24	22	19	14	12	11	12	9	11	9	8	9	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	263	199	288	275	308	299	237	194	172	122	99	76	75	54	45	33	40	40	40	56	42	61	51	46	727	566
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 7	NE 6	NE 6	E 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 10	E 10
kJ	49	49	50	50	50	35	35	35	35	36	36	37	41	40	40	31	18	5	24	6	6	6	6	5	47	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	E 14	NE 6	E 14	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	NE 4	E 13	E 14	—	N 12	N 12	E 9	E 12	E 12	NNE 6	—	—	—	—	—	NE 12	NE 11
kJ	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	—	3	3	40	12	11	3	—	—	—	—	—	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 6	—	NNW 2	N 3	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	S 4	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	341	294	—	—	—	—	2	19	—	1	4	6	7	25	28	—	50	255	308	414	763	1374	1494	1046	1218	971
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	77	106	197	5	5	5	5	5	0	288	5	5	0	141	145	77	106	442	442	191	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3			2	2	2	1	1	2		1	1	1		3	4				3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	7	8	5	5	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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