Trapdoors Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 20 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 (20 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 12PM is: 0.2m 17s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (20 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (20 Sep)1ft (0.3m)19s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 30°C on Mon morning, min 18°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
10
0.6
ESE
8
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
9
0.4
SSE
12
0.4
SSE
11
0.3
SSE
19
0.4
SSE
18
0.4
SSE
18
0.4
SSE
18
0.4
SSE
17
0.3
SSE
17
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
11
0.5
SSE
11
0.1
E
8
0.1
E
8
1.6
SSE
6
1.7
SSE
7
1.8
SE
7
1
SSE
10
1.2
SE
7
1.1
SE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
54
44
30
29
30
48
41
69
110
123
102
101
57
35
38
70
1
1
179
251
340
214
147
127
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
N
10
NNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
glassy
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:47AM0.78m
3:23PM1.23m
4:07AM0.83m
4:24PM1.29m
5:03AM0.91m
5:11PM1.36m
Low Tide
8:10AM0.49m
10:31PM0.45m
9:31AM0.47m
11:19PM0.36m
10:34AM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:39
5:39
5:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:40
5:42
5:43
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
19
25
27
25
21
21
20
19
20
27
30
28
23
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
19
18
Feels °C
15
15
16
21
21
19
18
18
17
16
17
23
25
23
20
15
15
16
16
16
17
17
18
17
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