Archies surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
27.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Archies today?

The current surf forecast for Archies at 4PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
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 (?)
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
Period(s) (?)888899999999565555556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)160227194164141707514611611694991111331116664718390116116163169
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
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
crosscrosscross-
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)
3:15PM
2.11
4:21AM
2.76
4:46PM
2.16
5:32AM
2.93
5:55PM
2.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28AM
1.26
9:20PM
0.99
11:07AM
1.14
10:45PM
0.91
12:14PM
0.95
11:53PM
0.77
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise5:41-------5:41-------5:43-------
Sunset---6:23-------6:22-------6:22----
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
11----------114335433354
Temp. °C252627272524242422262626252525252626262626252525
Feels °C (?)252425252322232321242322212323252625252525232323
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