Number Sixteen Beach

Melbourne, Australia

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 6:00 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Fair

Chest-high (1.5 m) at 10 s, heading toward NE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward S.

Swell

1.5 m

NE

10 s

Wind

31 km/h

S

Cross-offshore

Tide

2.1 m

Falling

Weather

16 °C

Clear

14 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 9 s

NE

17 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Clear · 16 °C

1 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 9 s

NE

18 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

SSE

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 15 °C

2 AM

Good

1.5 m · 9 s

NE

20 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.5 m

Clear · 15 °C

3 AM

Good

1.5 m · 9 s

NE

21 km/h · 36 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.8 m

Clear · 15 °C

4 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 9 s

NE

29 km/h · 48 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

2.1 m

Clear · 16 °C

5 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 10 s

NE

31 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

2.2 m

Clear · 16 °C

6 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 10 s

NE

31 km/h · 54 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

2.1 m

Clear · 16 °C

7 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 10 s

NE

34 km/h · 60 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.9 m

Clear · 16 °C

8 AM

Fair

1.5 m · 10 s

NE

35 km/h · 65 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.5 m

Clear · 16 °C

9 AM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

36 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 17 °C

10 AM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

39 km/h · 69 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 18 °C

11 AM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

39 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 20 °C

12 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

40 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 20 °C

1 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

41 km/h · 73 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.5 m

Clear · 21 °C

2 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

38 km/h · 71 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

1.8 m

Partly cloudy · 21 °C

3 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

29 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

S

Offshore

2 m

Partly cloudy · 21 °C

4 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 10 s

NE

25 km/h · 49 km/h gusts

SE

Cross-shore

2.2 m

Overcast · 22 °C

5 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

26 km/h · 47 km/h gusts

ESE

Onshore

2.3 m

Clear · 22 °C

6 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 10 s

NE

36 km/h · 61 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

2.1 m

Clear · 21 °C

7 PM

Fair

1.4 m · 9 s

NE

26 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

ENE

Onshore

1.8 m

Clear · 17 °C

8 PM

Fair

1.6 m · 9 s

NE

26 km/h · 52 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1.4 m

Mostly clear · 16 °C

9 PM

Fair

1.8 m · 8 s

NE

31 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

1 m

Mostly clear · 16 °C

10 PM

Fair

2 m · 8 s

NE

29 km/h · 56 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.7 m

Mostly clear · 15 °C

11 PM

Fair

1.7 m · 9 s

NE

29 km/h · 53 km/h gusts

E

Onshore

0.6 m

Light drizzle · 15 °C

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