Archies surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 08 Apr 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
25.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Archies today?

The current surf forecast for Archies at 9AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (08 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
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 (?)
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)913121212119912121211111212121313121214131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56474037353235322135363332757169114111103103170151154161
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
0
S
10
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ESE
20
E
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55PM
2.52
11:48AM
1.95
1:00AM
2.41
1:15PM
1.83
2:22AM
2.38
3:02PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:25AM
1.30
5:54PM
1.11
7:45AM
1.37
7:03PM
1.24
9:16AM
1.32
8:33PM
1.27
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise--6:01-------6:01-------6:01-----
Sunset-----5:42-------5:40-------5:39--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232221232424242423232223252524232323222424242423
Feels °C (?)252422242524242424242323252523222323222423242423
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