Surf Forecasts:
Ballina North Wall surf forecast from 21 Aug 2026:
- Best quality surf: Wednesday 26 Aug, 10PM (local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period, ENE swell with offshore winds.
- Most powerful swell: Friday 28 Aug, 1AM (local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period, ENE swell with 277 kJ wave energy.
- Next surfable swell (1★+): Saturday 22 Aug, 10AM (local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Ballina North Wall this week:
The surf forecast for Ballina North Wall over the next 16 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Saturday (Aug 22) at 10AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 7s period with a secondary swell of 0.4m and 8s. The wind is predicted to be offshore as the swell arrives.
The most powerful waves expected at Ballina North Wall in the next 16 days are 1.4m 8s and forecast to arrive on Friday (Aug 28) at 1AM. Winds are predicted to be offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 1.0m 6s period and expected on Monday (Aug 24) at 7AM.
| Wave Type | Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height & Period |
|---|---|---|
| Next good surf (1 star+) | 10AM (Sat 22nd Aug) | 3ft (0.9m) 7s |
| Best Surf | 10PM (Wed 26th Aug) | 4ft (1.2m) 8s |
| Most Powerful | 1AM (Fri 28th Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) 8s |
Table - best surf conditions forecast for Ballina North Wall over the next 16 days.
The Lowdown
Alright, Rusty here. Let's have a look at what Ballina North Wall has in store for us. This is your classic exposed east-north-east point break, with a bit of a breakwater feel, so it can pump when the swell lines up.
Right now, the outlook starts off pretty flat, but don't let that fool you. The first half of this week you can just about write off. We've got small, weak surf in the 2ft to 3ft range that's mostly messy or blown out. Saturday and Sunday the 22nd and 23rd have tiny waves but with onshore or cross winds that just turn the ocean into a washing machine. It's not worth paddling out for.
The real story starts to build from Wednesday the 26th of August. Wednesday morning, we see the swell tick up to 4ft from the ENE, period is a short 8 seconds, but the wind swings offshore from the WSW. That’s the key. By Wednesday afternoon, it's even cleaner with a light NNW breeze. The combined wave energy is building into moderate territory (232), and the wave comment is "expect good surf conditions." That trend continues into Thursday morning the 27th, with a 5ft ENE swell and offshore SSW winds, keeping the lineup clean. The energy is up to a solid 264.
Then we hit the absolute standouts. Friday morning the 28th of August and Saturday morning the 29th of August are your sessions. Friday dawns with 5ft of ENE swell, glassy as a mirror with zero wind from the WSW and 273 combined energy. Saturday morning is even better: 5ft of ENE swell, again glassy calm (zero wind from the W), with combined energy jumping up to a strong 317. For a point and breakwater set-up, that long-period groundswell isn't the primary player here—it's a short-period (8s) wind swell—but with those glassy conditions and a consistent break, the North Wall will be offering up some proper shaped runners. Expect the crowd factor to be "sometimes" busy, but with quality like that on a Saturday morning, you'll want to be in the water early.
After that, the wheels come off a bit. Sunday the 30th gets messy, and by Monday the 31st we're into a heavy rain and strong onshore wind situation with 8ft lumpy slop. That's a big, ugly, blown-out mess for experts only, and honestly, it might be more interesting for the kite crowd than for paddle surfing. September starts with a few marginal days, but nothing that beats that Friday-to-Saturday window. The far end of the forecast, around Friday the 4th of September, shows a glimmer with a clean 4ft wave and offshore wind again, but that's a long way out.
For me, the pick is clear: Friday 28th and Saturday 29th of August are the ones to circle. Clean, glassy conditions with building swell.
Rusty.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | |||||||||||||||
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Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SSE 12 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 73 | 54 | 57 | 71 | 62 | 56 | 86 | 72 | 101 | 143 | 154 | 182 | 167 | 199 | 168 | 227 | 207 | 277 | 136 | 140 | 197 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | off | cross-on | off | cross-off | cross-on | off | glassy | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 4:26PM1.30m | 4:35AM0.84m | 5:22PM1.38m | 5:44AM0.90m | 6:06PM1.45m | 6:31AM0.98m | 6:44PM1.52m | 7:09AM1.06m | 7:19PM1.57m | 7:43AM1.14m | 7:53PM1.59m | 8:16AM1.21m | 8:27PM1.58m | ||||||||
Low Tide | 11:39PM0.63m | 9:52AM0.53m | 00:24AM0.55m | 10:59AM0.50m | 00:58AM0.46m | 11:55AM0.45m | 1:29AM0.37m | 12:41PM0.38m | 1:58AM0.30m | 1:23PM0.32m | 2:26AM0.24m | 2:03PM0.27m | 2:54AM0.21m | ||||||||
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 | 6:11 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — |
 | — | 5:24 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 5:25 | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | 5:27 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — |
mm | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Temp °C | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Feels °C | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | SSE 6 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | S 10 | SSE 10 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | ENE 8 |
| kJ | 73 | 54 | 57 | 71 | 62 | 56 | 51 | 72 | 101 | 143 | 51 | 31 | 167 | 199 | 168 | 227 | 207 | 277 | 136 | 140 | 197 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | ESE 8 | S 9 | S 11 | ENE 7 | S 8 | S 11 | S 10 | SE 5 | S 16 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 11 | NE 9 | S 10 | NE 8 | NE 8 | S 8 |
| kJ | 14 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 116 | 48 | 45 | 110 | 80 | 1 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 49 | 8 | 88 | 78 | 11 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | SE 7 | S 15 | SSE 4 | SSE 12 | S 11 | SE 6 | SE 6 | S 17 | SE 5 | SSE 16 | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | S 14 | S 11 | S 16 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 |
| kJ | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 86 | 63 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 7 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SSW 3 | SSE 4 | — | — | — | NE 3 | NE 4 | NE 8 | NE 8 | — | N 4 | — | WSW 2 | — | — | — | ENE 2 | N 3 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 1 | 20 | — | — | — | 4 | 18 | 154 | 182 | — | 14 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 561 | 60 | 0 | 189 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 38 |
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