Ballina North Wall Surf Break

Lat Long: 28.87° S 153.59° E

Ballina North Wall 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Ballina North Wall sea temperature is
20.6° C
0.2° 

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 (16 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballina North Wall at 6PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)--
Afternoon (16 Jul)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (16 Jul)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 43mm), heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
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
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
4
SSE
9
4
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
9
3
SSE
9
3
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.4
SSE
8
2.3
SE
8
2
SSE
8
2.3
SE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
3
SSE
8
3
SSE
8
4
SSE
9
3
ESE
10
4
SE
10
3.5
ESE
11
4
SE
11
4
SE
10
4.5
SE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2251
2237
1853
1382
1073
861
732
649
483
585
720
770
770
794
794
1044
1342
2275
1484
3529
2921
3862
3490
3623
Wind (km/h)
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
40
S
40
S
40
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:01PM1.75m
10:26AM1.14m
10:43PM1.62m
11:13AM1.13m
11:24PM1.47m
Low Tide
3:25PM0.12m
4:42AM0.12m
4:14PM0.16m
5:21AM0.14m
5:02PM0.24m
6:00AM0.17m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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rain showers
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light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:37
6:35
6:35
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5:05
5:06
5:06
5:07
 mm
2
2
4
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
Temp °C
18
17
17
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
17
18
17
17
17
18
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
18
Feels °C
10
9
11
12
12
13
14
14
13
12
11
13
12
11
11
11
12
10
11
11
11
12
12
12
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