Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Issued: 3 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is

19.5° C

Trapdoors surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Trapdoors today (29 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 9AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s
Afternoon (29 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Evening (29 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 31
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	4	4	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 6	E 6	SE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 5	S 6	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 12	S 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	37	21	19	16	15	11	10	10	6	6	66	110	118	119	210	209	156	161	320	933	972	447	210	202
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	W	SW	SSE	NE	SW	W	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	on	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide				7:53AM1.02m				8:10PM1.61m				8:30AM1.06m				8:44PM1.63m				9:06AM1.11m				9:16PM1.61m
Low Tide		2:16AM0.20m				1:33PM0.18m				2:49AM0.15m				2:10PM0.16m				3:20AM0.12m				2:48PM0.17m


	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	13	13	17	20	19	16	15	13	11	10	12	15	15	14	14	13	12	11	14	16	16	15	13
Feels °C	11	11	10	14	17	16	13	12	9	7	6	7	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	10	12	12	11	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 6	E 6	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 12	SSE 11	ENE 7	SSE 11	SSE 11
kJ	37	21	19	16	15	10	10	10	6	6	6	3	8	119	210	209	156	161	177	522	471	10	210	202
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	ENE 5	ENE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 6	S 6	ESE 6	SE 6	E 12	E 12	SSE 13	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	SSE 13	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 11	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	4	4	10	12	12	11	7	6	4	2	3	3	18	8	14	14	14	15	129	15	18	3	10	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 6	S 17	S 9	E 12	E 12	SE 7	ESE 6	E 12	E 12	S 17	S 15	E 13	E 13	NE 7	E 12	E 12	SSE 14	ENE 7	—	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 13
kJ	1	1	6	2	3	3	7	4	3	3	6	5	3	3	8	3	3	18	15	—	3	3	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 6	S 3	S 6	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	S 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 9	S 12	S 12	SSE 11	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11	8	66	110	118	93	62	73	60	35	320	933	972	447	91	89
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	4	2	3	2
Distance (km)	0	171	104	171	171	77	126	392	32	18	0	18	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	106	77	0
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Rating (10 max)	1					1	1		1	1	1	4	4		4	4	4	4	4	4	4		3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	4	5	7	7	4	6	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	9	9	6

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