Arrawarra surf break

Arrawarra surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
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Arrawarra surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Arrawarra sea temperature is
19.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Arrawarra today?

The current surf forecast for Arrawarra at 4PM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.9
E
1.1
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
1.2
NNE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
1.3
NNE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)76771211666666656667777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21212123284239596558624254493258110363915338312277
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
S
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
20
ENE
20
NE
15
N
15
N
20
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
SSW
10
W
15
W
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
1.07
6:17PM
1.63
6:48AM
1.21
6:56PM
1.68
7:22AM
1.33
7:29PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:39AM
0.41
12:58AM
0.27
12:29PM
0.32
1:26AM
0.20
1:10PM
0.25
1:53AM
0.16
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise5:43-------5:41-------5:39-------
Sunset---5:39-------5:40-------5:40----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------14-------
Temp. °C172020191818171616202120191817171720242321191716
Feels °C (?)151817171819181616191818191816171619222320161412
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Arrawarra (light winds from the SSE at CoffsHarbourAirport 30 km from Arrawarra). 1.0m 5s windswell from the SSE with a 0.5m 5s windswell, also from the SSE and a 0.3m 7s swell, also from the ENE as well as a 0.2m 12s groundswell, also from the SSE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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15 km/h
SSE
0.0
19.6
Air / Water (°C)
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