Ballina North Wall surf break

Ballina North Wall surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 AEDT
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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
20.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ballina North Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Ballina North Wall at 4PM is: 1.5m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (17 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)5s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
0.9
ENE
1.3
NE
1.5
NE
1.2
N
1.2
N
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.5
NE
1.3
NNE
1
NNE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)785555677866688888777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)931197510864687286978513811169836567687031929423615811393
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
35
N
25
N
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
15
N
25
NE
0
WSW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
5
ESE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
1.05
6:35PM
1.35
7:16AM
1.16
7:17PM
1.33
7:52AM
1.27
7:54PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
0.38
1:07AM
0.20
1:06PM
0.33
1:38AM
0.18
1:52PM
0.30
2:07AM
0.16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:07-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset---6:54-------6:54-------6:55----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------811----------
Temp. °C192223222020191819242420192019192021212120202019
Feels °C (?)171919171517171618232122191917171818182022202120
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Ballina North Wall (moderate winds from the NNE at Ballina Airport Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Ballina North Wall). 0.9m 5s windswell from the NE with a 0.3m 15s groundswell from the SE and a 0.2m 16s long period groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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26 km/h
NNE
Cross-Shore
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