Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.1° C
0.5° 

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 (09 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 10AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Afternoon (09 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)17s
Evening (09 Jul)5ft (1.6m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Thu afternoon, strong winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
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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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.3
SW
15
1.3
SW
15
1.3
SW
14
1.1
SW
17
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
2.5
WSW
9
3
WSW
10
3
WSW
10
3
SW
11
3
SW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1194
1055
788
757
676
671
1240
1333
1284
1046
1033
1046
795
784
773
606
521
469
395
971
1871
2159
2288
2362
Wind (km/h)
5
E
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
40
NW
40
W
40
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
12:14PM0.62m
1:04PM0.75m
1:43PM0.86m
Low Tide
00:45AM0.19m
00:34AM0.15m
00:20AM0.11m
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7:30
7:28
7:28
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5:23
5:24
5:24
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
14
15
14
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
14
15
14
13
13
14
14
13
13
13
12
Feels °C
13
12
12
11
12
11
12
11
11
11
10
9
8
10
12
9
8
6
6
6
4
3
4
4
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