Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Issued: 10 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is

20.5°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with NE 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) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 3PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4						Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	ESE 9	E 9	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	49	29	19	19	35	30	31	32	33	35	135	55	379	413	341	238	284	308	248	177	140	137	103	103
Wind (km/h)	SW	SE	ESE	SE	NNE	NNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	5:17AM1.12m				5:14PM1.36m				6:08AM1.25m				6:06PM1.32m				6:52AM1.37m				6:53PM1.27m
Low Tide			11:02AM0.38m				11:51PM0.13m				12:07PM0.33m				00:30AM0.11m				1:01PM0.27m				1:05AM0.09m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	7:13
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	22	23	22	20	19	18	19	22	25	24	21	18	17	15	15	17	20	21	20	19	18	17	16
Feels °C	19	22	22	22	21	19	17	17	20	24	21	17	15	15	13	14	17	19	19	17	18	17	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	E 8	S 5	ENE 8	SSE 6	S 5	S 5	E 8	E 8	E 8	NNE 6	E 9	E 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8
kJ	49	29	13	19	35	21	13	32	33	35	4	55	54	302	263	238	284	308	248	177	140	137	103	103
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	SSE 4	ENE 8	NE 7	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 5	S 4	NNE 7	E 15	NNE 6	E 15	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 14	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9
kJ	5	6	19	11	20	30	31	7	4	4	4	4	4	50	49	49	50	35	35	4	35	35	36	36
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	NE 6	NE 7	S 16	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6	S 7	S 8	E 15	E 15	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	N 13	E 13	NE 6	E 13	NE 4
kJ	1	10	15	5	6	4	4	4	4	1	5	4	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	3	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 3	S 4	ESE 2	SSE 6	—	—	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	SSE 4	ESE 9	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	NNE 6	ENE 8	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NNW 2
kJ	1	20	1	35	—	—	2	2	2	4	135	154	379	413	341	—	—	—	3	94	10	7	8	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	21	197	21	7	17	0	93	21	21	100	197	77	0	0	0	0	100	106	247	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	1	1			1	1	1	1	1				3	4	3	3	3	2			2	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	1	4	1	4	1	5	3	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	2	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

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