Archies surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 20 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 10AM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (20 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
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 (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
E
0.9
SE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)454454455555445544545444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16159141614252829221110164652412828172924253735
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
35
SE
35
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
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
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:00AM
2.52
10:40PM
3.05
10:53AM
2.30
11:42PM
2.90
12:02PM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.63
4:06PM
0.48
5:10AM
0.79
4:57PM
0.66
6:18AM
0.95
5:59PM
0.85
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:07-----
Sunset-----5:30-------5:30-------5:29--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C232221232323222321201921242322222120192122222221
Feels °C (?)222020212019182018181719201817191817171918181818
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