Trapdoors Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is
20.5°C
0.1° 

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 (28 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 8PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)--
Afternoon (28 Sep)6ft (1.9m)8s
Evening (28 Sep)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Mon
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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)
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
ESE
7
1.9
SE
8
1.8
SE
8
1.6
ESE
7
1.6
ESE
7
1.4
ESE
7
0.8
SSE
9
1.1
ESE
7
0.9
E
7
0.9
SSE
9
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
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
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
245
440
406
242
229
181
108
114
84
121
132
135
135
178
229
214
206
198
137
128
Wind (km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:56PM1.39m
9:25AM1.59m
9:38PM1.28m
10:09AM1.59m
Low Tide
2:58PM0.08m
3:03AM0.01m
3:45PM0.11m
3:39AM0.06m
4:37PM0.17m
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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 mm
2
2
1
1
1
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Temp °C
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
18
18
18
16
16
15
14
15
18
20
19
17
16
Feels °C
14
14
13
14
14
14
13
15
15
15
15
15
14
12
14
15
15
14
14
14
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