Broken Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.71° S 153.62° E

Issued: 10 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Broken Head sea temperature is

20.7°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Broken Head today (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with NNE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Broken Head at 2PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Evening (13 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 13						Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 5	NNE 6	NNE 6	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	113	134	98	82	74	57	69	45	29	263	821	973	909	828	819	735	365	261	217	188	183	205
Wind (km/h)	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNW	ENE	NW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	glassy	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide		10:10AM1.56m				10:17PM1.12m				10:48AM1.51m				10:55PM1.02m					11:29AM1.43m
Low Tide				4:35PM0.23m				4:10AM0.17m					5:18PM0.31m			4:43AM0.24m					6:06PM0.38m


	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—
mm	—	1	—	—	2	4	1	—	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	23	23	23	23	20	21	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	18
Feels °C	23	25	25	25	23	23	22	17	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 10	NE 9	SSE 16	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 12	S 11	S 11
kJ	19	97	79	77	25	25	55	45	29	23	39	24	24	18	12	52	163	132	82	150	253	284
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	E 8	E 8	E 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	SSE 18	ENE 10	ENE 9	SSE 14	SSE 13	S 8	E 9	E 9
kJ	1	11	20	24	14	13	25	25	23	23	23	21	21	13	30	36	45	158	133	61	40	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	E 10	E 10	NNE 10	S 6	S 6	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 15	E 15	E 15	—	S 18	—	—	SSE 15	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 13	E 13
kJ	6	7	8	10	1	1	21	21	20	4	4	4	—	6	—	—	88	42	40	40	3	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7
kJ	113	134	98	82	74	57	69	2	55	263	821	973	909	828	819	735	365	261	217	188	183	205
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1
Distance (km)	15	2	2	19	2	0	2	0	217	84	84	266	221	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1		2	2			3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	4	4	9	4	7	4	6	4	5	5

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