Wonthaggi surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 26 Mar 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
18.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wonthaggi today?

The current surf forecast for Wonthaggi at 4PM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)15s
Evening (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.2
WSW
1.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121615147889999888871212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1371514242458716100112051952209316531235919912853566462384961325330833899471528
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
35
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
35
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:23AM
2.32
6:26PM
2.37
6:08AM
2.25
7:14PM
2.24
6:57AM
2.14
8:08PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
-0.04
12:20AM
0.69
12:39PM
0.08
1:08AM
0.78
1:31PM
0.24
2:03AM
0.86
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise7:24-------7:26-------7:26-------
Sunset---7:21-------7:19-------7:17----
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--2221121-----11--------
Temp. °C161614131414131313131414131415151516151515151515
Feels °C (?)121296765555666810101113111212131313
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