Trapdoors Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is
21.2°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 (20 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 11PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Oct)--
Afternoon (20 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (20 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 76mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
E
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.4
E
8
1.5
E
8
1.6
E
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.4
E
8
1.4
E
8
1.4
E
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.9
ENE
8
2.1
ENE
8
2
ENE
8
2.1
ENE
7
1.9
ENE
7
1.8
ENE
7
1.8
ENE
7
2
ENE
7
1.8
NE
7
1.7
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
169
215
223
259
300
356
229
235
241
384
445
481
447
455
390
330
340
394
303
259
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
5
NNW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
4:26PM1.25m
5:24AM0.97m
5:17PM1.30m
6:08AM1.10m
6:03PM1.34m
Low Tide
11:21PM0.32m
10:56AM0.46m
00:00AM0.23m
11:53AM0.38m
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
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6:03
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6:01
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7:00
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7:00
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7:00
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 mm
—
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3
4
2
2
1
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1
1
1
1
1
5
9
9
13
11
6
2
Temp °C
17
17
17
17
16
17
17
20
20
20
19
18
18
17
18
18
18
18
17
18
Feels °C
17
17
17
17
17
18
17
20
21
20
20
19
20
19
18
17
16
17
16
17
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