Trapdoors Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 09 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 8AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy 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

Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night).

Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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)
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
0
2
3
2
3
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
1
1
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.3
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
S
9
2.5
S
9
1.8
SSE
9
1.6
S
9
1.4
SSE
10
1.8
SE
8
1.3
SSE
10
1.9
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
465
338
295
295
293
262
238
205
48
765
1003
1026
1209
983
1152
1041
1018
941
477
440
363
450
335
657
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
S
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
20
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State
off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:31AM1.15m
6:45PM1.69m
7:16AM1.26m
7:28PM1.69m
7:57AM1.35m
8:08PM1.63m
Low Tide
00:42AM0.07m
12:17PM0.12m
1:21AM0.01m
1:06PM0.07m
1:57AM-0.03m
1:52PM0.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:54
5:52
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:36
5:37
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
13
18
19
18
17
16
14
14
14
17
17
18
15
15
14
13
14
15
18
17
16
16
Feels °C
12
12
12
17
16
16
14
13
9
8
8
11
12
12
11
11
11
9
11
12
15
14
15
15
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Trapdoors surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest