Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
14.8°C
0.4° 

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


How big are the waves at Daly Heads today (12 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 4PM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:30am September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Sep)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (12 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (12 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 21°C on Sat night, min 12°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
15
1.3
SW
15
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.3
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.2
SW
17
1.1
SW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.1
SW
16
1
SW
15
0.9
SW
15
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
WSW
14
1.2
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1281
1135
799
964
989
831
551
479
822
661
957
1067
532
441
360
341
284
318
444
430
376
351
Wind (km/h)
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NE
30
NNE
35
NNE
10
ENE
20
NNW
35
WSW
30
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:22PM0.67m
3:50AM0.63m
3:32PM0.60m
4:16AM0.71m
3:36PM0.53m
Low Tide
9:05AM0.20m
9:41PM0.17m
9:47AM0.22m
9:40PM0.12m
10:26AM0.26m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
6:12
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
16
16
17
19
20
21
19
18
14
15
15
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
Feels °C
12
12
12
14
15
15
13
11
12
12
10
9
11
10
11
10
10
10
11
11
11
11
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