Ballina North Wall Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.87° S 153.59° E

Ballina North Wall 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 20 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballina North Wall sea temperature is
21.8°C
0.1° 

Ballina North Wall surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Ballina North Wall today (21 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballina North Wall at 1AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (21 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (21 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 88mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
ENE
8
1.6
E
8
1.6
E
8
1.7
E
8
1.7
E
8
1.7
E
8
1.7
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
8
2
ENE
7
2
ENE
7
2
ENE
7
1.9
ENE
7
1.8
ENE
7
1.7
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
1.4
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
341
333
333
365
365
374
383
394
408
414
417
400
374
326
306
271
214
203
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
E
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State
glassy
off
off
off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
5:53AM0.90m
5:29PM1.23m
6:32AM1.02m
6:17PM1.26m
Low Tide
11:41PM0.36m
10:58AM0.53m
00:16AM0.29m
12:00PM0.46m
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
6:03
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:01
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:57
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:58
—
—
 mm
1
1
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2
3
4
5
6
6
5
8
3
Temp °C
18
18
17
16
16
19
20
21
20
20
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
18
Feels °C
19
19
17
15
16
20
19
19
18
18
17
18
17
16
17
18
17
17
  • 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
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 Ballina North Wall 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 locationNearest