Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Venus Bay today (08 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 17s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Venus Bay at 8PM is: 1.0m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (ACDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 16s |
| Evening (08 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Venus Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 15mm), heaviest on Thu night. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 8 | Friday 9 | Saturday 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 644 | 521 | 560 | 476 | 677 | 783 | 929 | 757 | 1447 | 1834 | 2164 | 1743 | 441 | 370 | 375 | 395 | 1235 | 1212 | 1399 | 1572 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | glassy | on | cross-off | cross | on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:58AM0.93m | 1:03PM0.96m | 1:09AM1.07m | 1:16PM0.96m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:00PM0.16m | 7:00AM0.10m | 7:01PM0.10m | 7:21AM0.04m | 7:09PM0.03m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:38 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 29 | 31 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 |
Feels °C | 21 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 17 | SW 17 | SW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSE 16 | S 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 |
| kJ | 644 | 521 | 560 | 476 | 677 | 783 | 929 | 757 | 337 | 337 | 50 | 71 | 441 | 370 | 375 | 395 | 1235 | 1212 | 1399 | 1572 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 16 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | W 3 | S 17 | S 17 | W 4 | — | — | — | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | S 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 267 | 283 | 212 | 85 | 2 | 277 | 368 | 2 | — | — | — | 29 | 58 | 61 | 159 | 253 | 253 | 280 | 316 | 406 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | NW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 4 | W 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WSW 15 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 209 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | WNW 3 | WNW 4 | — | ENE 3 | NNW 3 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 5 | — | — | — |
| kJ | 14 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 10 | — | 3 | 9 | 1447 | 1834 | 2164 | 1743 | 288 | 312 | 367 | 389 | 47 | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 369 | 207 | 28 | 103 | 0 | 28 | 28 | 369 | 677 | 777 | 1000 | 843 | 843 | 203 | 203 | 203 | 1016 | 1016 | 39 | 0 |
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