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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
22.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Avalon-South today?

The current surf forecast for Avalon-South at 3PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)4s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
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 (?)
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
NE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1.1
S
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.1
NE
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)1010101044455566477787111112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88888171389712133679562000000
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
0
SSW
0
NNE
30
SSE
25
S
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffoffglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
1.42
7:29PM
1.56
7:46AM
1.40
8:09PM
1.65
8:34AM
1.35
8:51PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10PM
0.08
1:45AM
0.12
1:48PM
0.09
2:33AM
0.05
2:27PM
0.12
3:24AM
0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:18-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:30-------5:29----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------121---------
Temp. °C152024222020181717232726181716141316181717161413
Feels °C (?)151923202019161414202625131313111013131213131110
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