Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.14° S 138.47° E

Y-Steps 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Y-Steps sea temperature is
17.4°C
2.0° 

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


How big are the waves at Y-Steps today (28 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 3s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Y-Steps at 11PM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)--
Afternoon (28 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)3s
Evening (28 Oct)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Fri morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Fri morning).

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
WSW
2
0.4
SW
3
0.1
SW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.1
SW
10
0.2
WSW
4
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
SW
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
7
0.1
W
7
0.1
W
7
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
8
0.1
W
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Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1
4
4
4
4
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
Wind (km/h)
20
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
ESE
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
35
NNW
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
off
off
cross-off
High Tide
6:17PM1.53m
6:06AM2.33m
6:31PM1.38m
6:28AM2.28m
6:45PM1.25m
Low Tide
12:28PM0.22m
11:38PM0.50m
12:52PM0.25m
11:50PM0.44m
1:18PM0.32m
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clear
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clear
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Temp °C
14
16
14
12
12
12
12
16
19
21
20
17
18
19
21
25
20
20
20
19
Feels °C
10
11
9
9
10
10
12
15
16
18
17
14
15
15
16
19
13
16
16
16
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