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Archies surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 31 Jan 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
27.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Archies today?

The current surf forecast for Archies at 9PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)--
Afternoon (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)4s
Evening (31 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
1
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)910101010101010101010101010101099445555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3210257679073155118929412190393838183443204375117121102
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
30
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
30
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
40
ESE
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		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42PM
2.49
8:13AM
3.33
8:26PM
2.58
8:53AM
3.32
9:06PM
2.63
9:29AM
3.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.72
1:41AM
0.51
2:42PM
0.64
2:24AM
0.48
3:19PM
0.61
3:05AM
0.50
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise------5:26-------5:26-------5:26-
Sunset-6:39-------6:39-------6:38------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------------11111
Temp. °C272725252425242627272626252525262728252424242525
Feels °C (?)252522242426262728272728272929282826222020202222
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