Butterbox Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Sydney North Coast (39 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Butterbox surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 18 Oct 2025 AEDT

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

Today's Butterbox sea temperature is 20.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Butterbox today?

The current surf forecast for Butterbox at 3AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	5s
Evening (19 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	6s

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

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	Sat 18		Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	NE	NE	S	S	S	ENE	ENE	S	S	S	S	ENE	ENE	S	ENE	SSE	SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	9	8	8	5	6	10	10	10	7	7	11	11	11	10	7	7	6	8	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	33	33	34	31	40	50	46	119	214	51	31	31	120	116	20	20	20	51	168	146	112	106	60	30
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ENE	N	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NE	NNE	NNE	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:08PM 1.33				7:41AM 1.34				7:48PM 1.30					8:12AM 1.41				8:26PM 1.27				8:42AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			1:26AM 0.22				1:47PM 0.31				1:55AM 0.23					2:27PM 0.26				2:24AM 0.25				3:04PM 0.22

	Sat 18		Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	16	16	19	21	20	18	18	17	16	20	29	32	32	27	19	18	18	18	19	19	18
Feels °C (?)	15	14	15	15	14	16	17	15	14	16	16	15	18	26	31	31	27	15	14	15	16	17	17	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney North Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Butterbox (calm at Davidson 12 km from Butterbox). 0.8m 5s windswell from the ESE with a 0.5m 7s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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