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Wategos surf break

Wategos surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 12 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Wategos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wategos sea temperature is
26.6° C
 (Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wategos today?

The current surf forecast for Wategos at 3AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (13 Mar)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (13 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
2.4
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
2.4
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)111112121212121111778881010107777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)846861876947887152114701350154270074079988510441037940784216223229223249291214
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
NNW
10
SW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
1.24
5:14PM
0.83
5:46AM
1.34
6:10PM
0.92
6:30AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
0.47
11:51AM
0.48
10:49PM
0.42
12:37PM
0.38
11:48PM
0.34
1:13PM
0.26
Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise----6:43-------6:43-------6:45---
Sunset-------7:05-------7:04-------7:02
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----14521221------------
Temp. °C252525252424242423232222222223232322222222232323
Feels °C (?)252628262524232221201818171819192019192019212121
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