Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Archies today (18 Jul):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ENE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with ENE swell.
The current surf forecast for Archies at 8PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Jul) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 9s |
| Evening (18 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Archies. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Mon morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the SSE by Sun night). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 18 | Sunday 19 | Monday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | SE 5 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | ESE 5 | E 5 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 40 | 28 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 63 | 85 | 58 | 66 | 69 | 90 | 80 | 86 | 75 | 54 | 74 | 72 | 301 | 78 | 129 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 11:16AM2.31m | 11:33PM2.70m | 12:05PM2.26m | 00:16AM2.49m | 1:01PM2.20m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:11PM0.60m | 5:59AM0.60m | 5:59PM0.79m | 6:42AM0.69m | 6:53PM0.99m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | |  |  | | | |  |  | | |  | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:31 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
Feels °C | 16 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 40 | 28 | 57 | 57 | 58 | 63 | 85 | 58 | 66 | 69 | 90 | 80 | 86 | 75 | 54 | 74 | 72 | 61 | 69 | 35 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 9 | E 5 | — | E 5 | E 5 | E 19 | E 18 | E 6 | E 5 | E 18 | — | E 6 | — | E 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 3 | 5 | — | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 6 | — | 11 | — | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 20 | E 20 | E 19 | E 19 | E 18 | E 18 | E 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 4 | SE 4 | ESE 5 | SSE 3 | SSE 4 | S 4 | S 4 | S 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SSE 4 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | SE 5 | ESE 5 | E 5 | E 10 | ESE 5 | E 5 |
| kJ | 12 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 32 | 49 | 56 | 43 | 49 | 62 | 61 | 301 | 78 | 129 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1058 | 1103 | 87 | 1069 | 990 | 87 | 1006 | 990 | 990 | 900 | 796 | 796 | 692 | 692 | 616 | 517 | 517 | 517 | 384 | 384 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Queensland North Coast | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Archies surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest