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Ballina North Wall surf break

Ballina North Wall surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 16 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
24.7° 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 3PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.9
SSE
1.1
ENE
1.1
S
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
SE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
Period(s) (?)777776668667777777888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1451451531631651671551451108785725657771059399104295364419395472
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
W
25
SSW
20
SW
20
S
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47AM
1.51
7:50PM
0.94
8:25AM
1.59
8:36PM
0.97
9:01AM
1.64
9:17PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37PM
0.48
1:22AM
0.35
3:14PM
0.40
2:07AM
0.32
3:49PM
0.33
2:49AM
0.29
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Mon
19
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:03-------
Sunset---7:47-------7:47-------7:46----
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-11----21--11-11132-21--
Temp. °C242627272525242423242425252423232222232524222223
Feels °C (?)272927272425252723252425272624232222232626232324
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