Broken Head Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.71° S 153.62° E)

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Broken Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 14 Oct 2025 AEDT

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Broken Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Broken Head sea temperature is 20.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Broken Head today?

The current surf forecast for Broken Head at 1PM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 14). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Afternoon (14 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s
Evening (14 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

Table - waves today at Broken Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 14						Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	ENE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	6	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	5	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	118	99	173	220	170	255	222	177	169	149	156	113	85	83	81	81	60	58	58	58	64	77	89	111
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				3:21PM 1.45				4:12AM 0.88				4:32PM 1.44					5:18AM 0.98				5:29PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		8:13AM 0.38				10:34PM 0.33				9:42AM 0.39					11:31PM 0.28			10:57AM 0.36					12:14AM 0.22

	Tuesday 14						Wednesday 15								Thursday 16								Fri 17
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	21	22	21	20	19	19	19	20	21	21	20	19	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	20	20	19	17	16	17	19	19	19	21	20	19	17	17	18	19	19	19	18	16	16	15	16	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update Wind reports 8 km away suggest it is still onshore at Broken Head (moderate winds from the NE at Cape Byron Automatic Weather Station). 1.4m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.7m 8s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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