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Archies surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 AEST
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Archies surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Archies sea temperature is
27.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Archies today?

The current surf forecast for Archies at 7PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1
E
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)885668566788999999995666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15915969130111179851191311582482732862522382261169210616299115115126
Wind
(km/h)
25
E
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
ESE
25
E
30
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
25
E
20
E
15
ENE
20
E
25
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
2.61
1:30AM
2.32
1:28PM
2.42
2:34AM
2.32
2:23PM
2.27
3:41AM
2.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:09PM
0.94
7:16AM
1.26
7:57PM
0.99
8:24AM
1.39
8:50PM
1.03
9:43AM
1.45
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise------5:09-------5:09-------5:11-
Sunset-6:44-------6:44-------6:44------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
---1---11----133599168458
Temp. °C262726262626262626262626262626262424242424242425
Feels °C (?)242524242425252525252526262626272625252222222224
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