Ballina North Wall 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.87° S 153.59° E

Issued: 9 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Ballina North Wall sea temperature is

20.3° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Ballina North Wall today (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Ballina North Wall at 2PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 28						Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 12	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 5	S 6	NE 7	SSE 14	SSE 12
Wave Graph
kJ	27	27	103	92	51	16	18	18	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	13	19	34	110	19	36	123
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	SSE	ENE	NNE	N	NW	W	W	W	WSW	ENE	NNE	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	off	off	off	off	on	cross-on	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross
High Tide		7:26AM0.99m				7:49PM1.62m				8:06AM1.03m				8:23PM1.64m				8:43AM1.07m				8:57PM1.63m
Low Tide			12:58PM0.35m					2:35AM0.34m				1:40PM0.31m				3:06AM0.28m				2:19PM0.28m


	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	15	18	17	17	17	16	14	14	17	21	20	18	16	14	13	13	15	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	11	14	18	16	15	15	14	12	12	15	18	17	16	14	12	9	9	12	12	12	12	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 6	SSE 12
kJ	169	127	103	92	51	46	44	42	28	16	18	18	18	18	18	13	19	25	24	19	12	123
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ENE 4	ENE 4	E 4	S 10	SE 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	S 7	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	NE 7	E 6	E 6	E 6	NE 7	E 6
kJ	27	3	6	6	17	16	18	18	16	27	17	8	8	8	4	7	8	7	12	12	17	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 11	SSE 7	SE 7	SSE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SE 6	E 13	E 13	S 15	SSE 14	NE 7
kJ	4	27	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	5	2	4	7	8	2	3	3	4	36	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 3	SW 3	SW 3	—	ENE 4	NE 4	NW 2	NW 3	—	—	WSW 3	—	—	—	—	SW 3	SSW 3	S 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7
kJ	3	3	3	—	6	9	1	2	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	2	9	34	110	206	161	110
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	27	1	20	0	0	0	0	0	247	235	235	247	189	137	0	32	38	19	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1						1	1	1	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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