Fort Beach
Coastal areas · Australia
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Fort Beach is a S-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Tasman Sea — it catches SE–SW swell, and offshore NW–NE winds tidy the banks through october–april.
Today's surf at Fort Beach
Updated 13:52 spot time
Fort Beach surf report for Thursday 1 Oct: waves 0.2 m–0.3 m ankle to knee high, 0.1 m SSE swell at 10 s. Wind up to 20 km/h W. Water 13°C. Best surf window around 21:00 — fair (2/5) with 9 km/h WSW wind.
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10-day forecast
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Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~12.5°C (54.5°F) on average
Jan
16.1°C
61°F · 13.6–18.3°C
Feb
17°C
62.6°F · 15.5–18.9°C
Mar
16.7°C
62.1°F · 14.8–18.7°C
Apr
15.5°C
59.9°F · 13.4–17.4°C
May
14°C
57.2°F · 12.6–15.6°C
Jun
13.1°C
55.6°F · 11.9–14.1°C
Jul
12.7°C
54.9°F · 11.5–13.9°C
Aug
12.2°C
54°F · 11.2–13.3°C
Sep
12°C
53.6°F · 11.3–13°C
Oct
12.5°C
54.5°F · 11.7–14°C
Nov
13.6°C
56.5°F · 12.3–16.7°C
Dec
14.5°C
58.1°F · 12.9–16.2°C
25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.
Know before you go
Best swell
SE–SW
Best wind
NW–NE
Break type
Beach break
Best season
October–April
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.
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