Trapdoors Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 23 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is
19.6°C
0.3° 

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 (23 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 1PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 23). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (23 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (23 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the NNE by Tue afternoon).

Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
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
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
SSE
12
0.6
SSE
11
0.5
SSE
10
0.9
ENE
7
0.5
SSE
13
0.5
SSE
12
0.5
SSE
11
0.6
SSE
11
0.7
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
10
0.6
SSE
10
0.5
SSE
10
0.7
ENE
8
0.6
E
8
0.7
ENE
8
0.7
ENE
8
1.2
ENE
8
1.3
ENE
6
1.4
NE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
29
30
50
95
56
82
95
81
70
90
110
78
77
54
72
50
70
70
175
108
144
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
0
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
E
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
20
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
20
N
20
N
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:31AM0.82m
5:04PM1.33m
5:29AM0.88m
5:51PM1.41m
6:14AM0.95m
6:30PM1.49m
Low Tide
10:03AM0.42m
00:00AM0.39m
11:03AM0.36m
00:37AM0.31m
11:51AM0.29m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:25
5:27
5:27
 mm
Temp °C
14
17
18
18
17
16
15
15
15
18
19
19
17
16
16
15
15
20
22
21
19
19
Feels °C
12
15
16
16
17
17
14
14
14
18
17
16
15
15
15
14
14
18
18
17
17
18
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