Archies surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 15 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
25.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Archies today?

The current surf forecast for Archies at 8PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)--
Afternoon (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)66666615777714713131366666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)34342626181221222222223629343417171719262121119
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
0
SW
5
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
W
10
WSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
2.87
7:15AM
2.94
7:40PM
3.05
7:53AM
2.92
8:19PM
3.17
8:33AM
2.85
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
0.51
1:11AM
0.54
1:28PM
0.39
1:53AM
0.45
2:03PM
0.32
2:36AM
0.44
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise------6:03-------6:05-------6:05-
Sunset-5:36-------5:35-------5:34------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242424232322202323232324232322232424242423222126
Feels °C (?)232222212222202323232323242525252424242424232126
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