Tugun 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.15° S 153.50° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Tugun sea temperature is

21.0°C

Tugun 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 Tugun today (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Tugun at 10AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Evening (13 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Wed afternoon).
	Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 5	N 6	NNE 6	NE 9	NE 6	ENE 8	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	44	51	121	77	40	32	32	86	30	27	27	22	198	340	328	437	456	408	365	310	220	220	208	186
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	N	N	NNW	NW	WNW	W	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide				9:22AM1.68m				9:25PM1.28m				9:59AM1.64m				9:57PM1.17m					10:38AM1.59m
Low Tide		2:50AM0.30m				3:43PM0.46m				3:18AM0.37m					4:26PM0.55m			3:46AM0.44m					5:15PM0.64m


	—	5:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	—	—	3	1	1	—	—	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	20	21	23	23	24	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	18	17
Feels °C	22	20	22	25	24	24	22	23	21	21	17	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	15	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	NNE 6	NE 6	E 8	E 8	E 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	NE 9	NE 8	E 10	E 16	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9
kJ	11	19	41	33	19	20	24	36	30	27	27	16	22	22	22	12	11	17	5	13	7	7	27	28
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 11	NE 11	E 8	E 8	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	—	S 18	SE 17	SSE 16	SE 15	SE 14	SE 13	ESE 11	SE 11
kJ	5	5	19	19	4	4	13	24	24	23	21	22	8	11	11	—	7	11	24	9	7	7	13	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	NE 11	NE 10	E 10	S 6	—	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 7	—	NE 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	SE 15	E 13	E 13	—	SSE 10
kJ	1	1	5	4	8	1	—	14	13	21	8	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	3	4	—	62
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 5	N 6	NW 4	—	S 3	SSE 3	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7
kJ	44	51	121	77	40	32	32	86	6	—	5	11	198	340	328	437	456	408	365	310	220	220	208	186
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	170	42	7	82	21	145	42	4	0	0	153	200	326	326	266	143	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6
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Rating (10 max)			1		1			1	1	1							2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	5	4	4	2	1	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	8	6	7	7	4	4	7	4	5	4	4	7	5	5

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