Ballina North Wall surf break

Ballina North Wall surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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Ballina North Wall surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballina North Wall sea temperature is
24.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ballina North Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Ballina North Wall at 7PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)--
Afternoon (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Ballina North Wall. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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!
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3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1.2
NNE
1.1
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
1.6
S
0.6
NNE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)13131313131313131312556666151381010111413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1301268787868555555350756955471632622174388988981146569700
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
N
25
NNE
25
N
15
NW
15
W
20
SW
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.48
7:48AM
1.36
8:17PM
1.59
8:30AM
1.31
8:59PM
1.67
9:15AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:16PM
0.14
1:48AM
0.20
1:52PM
0.12
2:37AM
0.18
2:29PM
0.12
3:28AM
0.18
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:03-------6:03-------6:05-
Sunset-5:27-------5:25-------5:24------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242422212019192528262322212020222221212019171719
Feels °C (?)232118181918192427242120171515181817171716141516
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