Ballina South Wall surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 AEST
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Ballina South Wall surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ballina South Wall sea temperature is
20.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Ballina South Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Ballina South Wall at 1PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (21 Aug)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (21 Aug)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
NE
2.3
ENE
2.1
NE
2.2
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
E
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)877888888888888988888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)9378188638048228818616881153704612590622612614608543541501484470477448441
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
15
NW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
W
5
NE
10
NE
15
N
15
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
1.09
7:18PM
1.72
7:40AM
1.16
7:59PM
1.72
8:20AM
1.22
8:36PM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34PM
0.28
1:59AM
0.24
1:24PM
0.23
2:34AM
0.21
2:09PM
0.20
3:06AM
0.19
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sun
24
Sunrise6:13-------6:11-------6:11-------
Sunset---5:24-------5:24-------5:25----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
23735772----11----------
Temp. °C171817171716151413141717191917151416191918181614
Feels °C (?)131413141413131413141816171816141215181716161411
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 5 km from Ballina South Wall has swung offshore (light winds from the NW at Ballina Airport Automatic Weather Station). 2.4m 8s swell from the ENE with a 0.8m 10s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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Actual: 46 min ago

13 km/h
NW
Offshore
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