Treachery Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.45° S 152.53° E

Issued: 10 am 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Treachery Head sea temperature is

20.9°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 (12 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 6s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Treachery Head at 5PM is: 0.2m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 12). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	6s
Afternoon (12 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Evening (12 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 21mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, strong winds from the S by Tue night).
	Monday 12						Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 6	SE 8	NE 6	ENE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	13	16	34	3	9	209	90	82	55	55	34	25	72	152	137	320	889	1411	1633	1184	828	567
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NNW	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SE	SE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	on	on	on	on
High Tide		9:44AM1.61m				10:04PM1.24m				10:18AM1.60m				10:43PM1.14m				10:53AM1.55m
Low Tide				4:09PM0.17m				3:50AM0.24m				4:50PM0.20m				4:21AM0.31m					5:33PM0.26m


	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	1	2	5	8	2	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	29	28	23	24	24	23	20	19	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	17
Feels °C	21	26	24	19	23	24	21	18	21	21	16	16	16	15	12	9	8	9	10	10	12	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	E 8	SSE 6	E 8	NE 6	ENE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	8	16	12	3	6	98	90	82	55	55	34	25	17	11	41	28	32	16	26	15	828	567
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSW 6	SSE 6	S 6	SE 8	SE 8	S 15	SE 7	SSW 4	SSW 4	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 9	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 15	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	10	7	4	3	9	2	4	2	11	3	14	15	17	14	28	4	10	2	6	4	14	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	SSE 6	SSW 6	SE 8	S 6	S 6	—	S 15	E 8	E 8	SE 7	SE 7	S 16	S 16	NE 7	—	NE 11	NE 9	NE 11	E 15	S 16	SSE 15
kJ	13	8	7	3	1	1	—	4	12	13	2	2	5	5	7	—	5	3	5	4	20	71
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 6	NE 4	NE 6	NE 6	SSW 2	SW 4	—	—	SSW 4	SSW 7	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	—	—
kJ	—	—	34	53	96	209	2	17	—	—	2	17	72	152	137	320	889	1411	1633	1184	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	7	114	13	119	86	0	31	31	0	6	8	95	31	31	163	260	292	179	163	96	49	49
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1			2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				3	3	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	1	2	3	4	4	4	5	4	2	2	1	4	4	6	4	3	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	6	6	7	8	4	4

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