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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
19.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Avalon-South today?

The current surf forecast for Avalon-South at 4PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)4s

Table - waves today at Avalon-South. (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
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
1
NE
1.2
NE
1.6
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
1.3
NNE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)777745666666666666666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)251818422966182101947178786762100905438301921232317
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
WSW
10
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
N
15
NNE
5
N
5
N
25
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53AM
1.08
5:49PM
1.49
6:36AM
1.16
6:34PM
1.51
7:12AM
1.25
7:14PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.41
12:31AM
0.17
12:15PM
0.35
1:07AM
0.15
1:00PM
0.29
1:39AM
0.14
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise5:50-------5:48-------5:48-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:47-------5:47----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C121618171716141313192222191716161720212016131210
Feels °C (?)81416131414131110161822181313131415141410887
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Avalon-South (calm at Cromer wx 13 km from Avalon-South). 0.4m 7s swell from the NE with a 0.1m 11s groundswell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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5 km/h
NNE
Clean
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