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Waitpinga Surf Photo: 'Waitpinga from Newland head.' by steeve whitehead

Lat Long: 35.64° S 138.50° E

Issued: 2 am 19 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Waitpinga sea temperature is

15.9° C

Normal for this time of year

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

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	N	N	SSW	SW
	18 s	off	4 s	18 s	12 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 July at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	NNE	SSW	NW
	17 s	off	4 s	17 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 July at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	N	N	SSW	ENE
	16 s	off	4 s	16 s	4 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 July at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	N	SSW
	16 s	off	4 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 July at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	NNE	SSW
	15 s	off	3 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 8 July at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	NNE	SSW
	15 s	off	3 s	15 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 July at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	NE	SSW
	14 s	off	4 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 July at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	NE	SSW
	14 s	off	4 s	14 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 July at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NNE	NE	SSW
	13 s	off	4 s	13 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 July at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	NE	SSW	SSW
	13 s	off	3 s	13 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 July at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	E	NE	SSW	SSW
	13 s	cross- off	4 s	13 s	18 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 July at 3 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	ENE	SSW	SSW
	13 s	cross- off	3 s	13 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 July at 6 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	ENE	SSW	SSW
	12 s	cross- off	3 s	12 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 9 July at 9 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	ENE	ENE	SSW	SSW
	12 s	cross- off	3 s	12 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 July at 12 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NE	NE	SSW	SSW
	12 s	off	3 s	12 s	17 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 July at 3 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	NW		SSW	SSW
	11 s	glass		11 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 July at 6 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSW	WSW		SSW	SSW
	11 s	glass		11 s	16 s

Open ocean wave model on 10 July at 9 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Waitpinga around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 39 minutes before low water (falling spring tide). Tide height was 0.3m (0.9 ft). Range 0.21m (0.7 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Waitpinga Surf Photo: 'Waitpinga from Newland head.' by steeve whitehead

Low swell of about 1m, winds variable in dirrection due to an approaching weather trough. Not really working well this day. Pictured wave is about 2m wave face, but I have ridden pipes here to 7m in winter during the 1980s, when I was a young fella.

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User: steeve whitehead (32 photos)

Country: Australia (2654 photos)

Photo taken at: 10:08 am 9 Jul 2012