Ballina North Wall surf break

Ballina North Wall surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 17 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
25.0° 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 6PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
S
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.7
ESE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.6
E
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)666777777688999988998999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)665266666664476670788194238238293380299381244294356344328320
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
5
E
5
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25AM
1.59
8:36PM
0.97
9:01AM
1.64
9:17PM
1.01
9:36AM
1.66
9:55PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:14PM
0.40
2:07AM
0.32
3:49PM
0.33
2:49AM
0.29
4:22PM
0.27
3:30AM
0.26
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise6:01-------6:03-------6:03-------
Sunset---7:47-------7:46-------7:46----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21-1253222---111111111--
Temp. °C242525252524232322232525242323222324242322232222
Feels °C (?)272726272928242422232424212223222222222120202019
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