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Wonthaggi surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 12 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Wonthaggi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wonthaggi sea temperature is
18.8° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wonthaggi today?

The current surf forecast for Wonthaggi at 2PM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)111010101099910101010161515141414141413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)256237250200164154151196213171192192245269301459453581506492398392335330
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
2.19
7:28PM
1.97
7:08AM
2.09
8:16PM
1.91
7:44AM
1.98
9:08PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
0.37
1:11AM
0.85
1:46PM
0.41
1:54AM
0.98
2:27PM
0.45
2:42AM
1.09
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise6:05-------6:07-------6:07-------
Sunset----8:44-------8:44-------8:44---
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C111516161615151415171717161414141518201918171617
Feels °C (?)81313121313141314151414141213131416161615141315
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