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Wonthaggi surfForecast / VIC – East Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 10 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
18.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wonthaggi today?

The current surf forecast for Wonthaggi at 12PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (10 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (10 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
W
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)129101012131414131312121212111111101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1347117718103072346736973512224522881365986811623512408270260198190200164157151154
Wind
(km/h)
35
WNW
40
WNW
25
WSW
45
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
E
15
ESE
15
E
5
N
10
SW
15
S
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
2.37
5:55PM
2.09
6:01AM
2.29
6:42PM
2.03
6:35AM
2.19
7:28PM
1.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47AM
0.35
11:50PM
0.55
12:28PM
0.34
12:30AM
0.70
1:07PM
0.37
1:11AM
0.85
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise6:03-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:45-------8:45-------8:44---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171819171615151414151414141311111217191919161515
Feels °C (?)1010149101011991099101078916171616141414
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