Trapdoors Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.35° S 153.11° E

Trapdoors 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Trapdoors sea temperature is
20.0°C
0.2° 

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 (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Trapdoors at 12AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 09). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (10 Sep)8ft (2.4m)10s
Evening (10 Sep)8ft (2.5m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed night, calm by Sat afternoon).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
1
0
2
2
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SE
9
1.1
SE
8
2.2
SSE
6
2.5
SSE
8
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
10
2.3
SSE
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.4
S
10
2.4
S
9
2.4
S
9
2.3
S
10
2.3
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
238
166
371
886
1238
1221
1183
1045
1270
1070
971
992
1134
1079
443
385
254
644
Wind (km/h)
20
S
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
Wind State
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:45PM1.69m
7:16AM1.26m
7:28PM1.69m
7:57AM1.35m
8:08PM1.63m
Low Tide
1:21AM0.01m
1:06PM0.07m
1:57AM-0.03m
1:52PM0.05m
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light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
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rain showers
rain showers
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light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:37
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
16
15
15
15
16
17
18
16
15
14
14
14
17
18
17
17
16
Feels °C
14
12
9
9
9
11
12
12
12
11
10
10
10
13
15
15
16
15
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