Trapdoors Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is
20.1°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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 1AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
4
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
0
2
3
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSE
9
2.1
S
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SE
8
1.4
SE
8
1.4
SE
9
1.3
SE
9
1.3
SE
9
1.2
SE
8
0.4
ESE
11
2.5
SSE
8
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.2
SSE
9
2.2
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
575
726
439
338
295
295
293
262
238
205
48
784
1152
1132
1180
1079
835
764
Wind (km/h)
20
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
15
E
10
E
15
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:58PM1.65m
6:31AM1.15m
6:45PM1.69m
7:16AM1.26m
7:28PM1.69m
Low Tide
00:42AM0.07m
12:17PM0.12m
1:21AM0.01m
1:06PM0.07m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:36
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
15
14
13
13
17
18
18
17
16
15
14
14
16
17
16
15
15
Feels °C
13
13
12
11
11
15
15
16
14
13
10
8
8
10
11
12
11
11
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