Avalon-South surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Avalon-South surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Avalon-South sea temperature is
18.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Avalon-South today?

The current surf forecast for Avalon-South at 5PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (16 Sep)4ft (1.2m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NE
1
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
1.4
SSE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.4
NE
1
NNE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)775788888887776555575666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6899701371481691511311038669463628157518944373483434448
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
NNW
10
W
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
5
WSW
10
SE
10
W
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
W
10
WNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
1.43
5:01AM
1.00
4:55PM
1.46
5:53AM
1.08
5:49PM
1.49
6:36AM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55PM
0.26
10:22AM
0.48
11:49PM
0.21
11:24AM
0.41
12:31AM
0.17
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise------5:52-------5:50-------5:48-
Sunset-5:45-------5:45-------5:46------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262622212020182123211816141211151717171513121318
Feels °C (?)2222181919181618211816121087131515151211101116
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Avalon-South (light winds from the N at Terrey Hills Automatic Weather Station 12 km from Avalon-South). 1.3m 5s windswell from the NNE to make surfable waves.

    Avalon-South
Expand
<
>
View all

2 h 13 min ago

7 km/h
N
Clean
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Avalon-South surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest