Archies surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 03 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
25.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Archies today?

The current surf forecast for Archies at 1PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (03 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (03 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
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 (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
E
0.6
ENE
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ENE
1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)888855577555555555555555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7675100414347487873545446545467574544547164595980
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
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
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
2.75
9:19PM
2.91
9:22AM
2.62
9:51PM
2.85
9:50AM
2.47
10:26PM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:04PM
0.54
3:31AM
0.76
3:31PM
0.60
4:05AM
0.88
4:00PM
0.69
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise5:58-------5:58-------6:00-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:45-------5:45----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C212325252423232323242524232322222224252423232222
Feels °C (?)202123232221212120192120202020202020212020202019
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