Wonthaggi Surf Break

Lat Long: 38.59° S 145.51° E

Wonthaggi 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Wonthaggi sea temperature is
16.3°C
2.5° 

Wonthaggi surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Wonthaggi today (30 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Wonthaggi at 12AM is: 1.8m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Oct)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (30 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (30 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Fri morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Sat morning).

Thu
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
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)
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
15
2
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.5
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.9
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1857
1729
1452
1326
1220
1138
1039
1011
899
802
726
565
557
410
392
286
286
282
241
213
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SW
5
NE
5
NNE
0
WSW
5
S
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
N
20
NNE
35
NNW
20
WNW
30
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
on
on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
3:25AM2.55m
3:07PM2.23m
4:10AM2.56m
3:53PM2.27m
Low Tide
8:44PM-0.06m
9:27AM0.63m
9:31PM-0.12m
10:11AM0.61m
10:18PM-0.11m
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
—
—
6:13
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:11
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
7:49
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:50
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:51
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
3
3
—
—
Temp °C
13
13
13
12
11
11
10
15
18
20
20
19
17
18
20
16
21
16
15
14
Feels °C
10
10
12
12
11
11
9
15
16
17
17
16
14
15
15
10
17
11
10
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Wonthaggi surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest