Trapdoors Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 21 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is
19.7° 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 (21 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 8PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)--
Afternoon (21 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
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
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.7
E
7
0.6
ESE
7
1
ENE
6
1.4
NNE
6
1.3
NNE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.9
NE
6
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
SSE
12
0.5
SSE
11
0.5
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
37
85
114
112
47
33
29
29
31
68
35
26
32
28
29
32
49
69
51
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
SW
5
N
5
NW
5
W
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
2:58PM1.23m
3:12AM0.80m
4:07PM1.26m
4:31AM0.82m
5:04PM1.33m
Low Tide
10:01PM0.53m
8:51AM0.44m
11:11PM0.47m
10:03AM0.42m
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:24
5:25
5:25
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
21
20
18
16
15
14
15
16
17
18
17
16
16
15
14
17
18
18
17
17
Feels °C
17
16
15
14
13
13
14
15
16
18
17
15
14
13
11
15
16
16
16
16
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