Archies surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
26.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Archies today?

The current surf forecast for Archies at 3PM is: 0.3m 14s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (21 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (21 Mar)1ft (0.3m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.9
E
1
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)1414141414551414555514141488855899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)333332312935513529293657603636328367385659262945
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:34AM
2.97
10:02PM
3.09
10:16AM
2.77
10:52PM
3.00
11:04AM
2.52
11:51PM
2.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:47PM
0.41
4:18AM
0.60
4:28PM
0.51
5:12AM
0.79
5:15PM
0.66
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise5:52-------5:54-------5:54-------
Sunset---6:00-------5:59-------5:58----
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1431124-------------
Temp. °C222525252323232222242525242323222124252524222121
Feels °C (?)222523232222232121232423222221212021212121201919
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