Ballina North Wall surf break

Ballina North Wall surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 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
24.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Ballina North Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Ballina North Wall at 1AM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (12 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (12 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

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Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.3
SSE
1.1
ENE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)888899999888888668888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)284262228149232260262208227184180176171207167182219246331339343298298266
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
E
10
E
5
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23AM
1.13
3:34PM
0.93
5:26AM
1.22
4:39PM
0.89
6:20AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17PM
0.31
10:24AM
0.64
10:01PM
0.34
11:52AM
0.65
10:51PM
0.37
1:03PM
0.61
Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise----5:58-------5:58-------5:58---
Sunset-------7:47-------7:47-------7:47
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
112121221--1112---------
Temp. °C242423232324252424242323232323242524232323262626
Feels °C (?)242422212125262626272625242322232624232423252526
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