Treachery Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.45° S 152.53° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Treachery Head sea temperature is

20.1°C

Treachery Head 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 Treachery Head today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Treachery Head at 7AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 20°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, strong winds from the SSW by Tue night).
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 20	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	296	276	214	177	188	191	188	184	108	209	193	180	134	130	88	81	55	53	45	46	39	39	31	31
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NE	E	E	S	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on
High Tide				9:18AM1.51m				9:30PM1.42m				9:54AM1.52m					10:08PM1.28m				10:31AM1.49m
Low Tide		3:04AM0.08m				3:26PM0.18m				3:35AM0.15m					4:10PM0.23m				4:05AM0.24m				4:55PM0.30m


	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	15	16	17	18	18	17	16	15	15	17	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	19	20	20	19	18
Feels °C	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	13	12	14	14	13	14	13	14	18	17	19	17	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 13	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	269	210	214	177	188	191	188	184	108	209	193	180	134	130	88	81	55	52	45	46	39	39	31	31
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 20	S 20	S 19	S 18	SSE 17	S 16	SSE 16	E 13	S 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9
kJ	296	276	176	160	92	45	48	13	55	13	13	13	12	12	3	12	12	12	31	30	30	17	16	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	—	E 13	S 18	—	E 9	E 8	E 16	E 10	E 8	S 15	E 16	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 14	S 3	E 14
kJ	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	—	13	6	—	1	1	5	2	1	4	5	3	3	14	16	1	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	—	—	S 3	—	SSW 4
kJ	19	16	12	12	29	56	71	74	62	43	28	27	43	100	100	87	69	53	124	—	—	1	—	5
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	13	13	13	31	165	366	235	85	57	13	13	31	176	166	57	13	13	13	0	0	649	300	13	31
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2				2	2	2	2	1			1	1	2	1	1	2			2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	2	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
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