Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.8°C
1.0° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 15s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 12PM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:30am October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)5ft (1.5m)16s
Afternoon (09 Oct)6ft (1.8m)16s
Evening (09 Oct)7ft (2.2m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Fri morning, light winds from the W by Sat night).

Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
5
4
4
2
2
4
3
8
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
17
1.5
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
2.1
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
2.3
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
10
1.8
WSW
10
1.7
WSW
11
2.2
SW
13
2.4
SW
14
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1318
1123
1314
1591
2136
2258
2038
2212
625
641
627
1648
2050
2906
3011
3241
3483
3573
3573
3573
3710
4435
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
30
NE
35
N
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
W
15
WSW
5
W
10
NE
20
NE
15
NE
25
NNE
25
N
10
NW
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:20PM0.62m
3:55AM0.60m
3:36PM0.56m
4:13AM0.71m
3:48PM0.50m
Low Tide
9:08AM0.28m
9:43PM0.20m
9:55AM0.25m
9:37PM0.17m
10:36AM0.24m
9:38PM0.12m
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
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6:48
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6:47
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6:46
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7:30
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7:30
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7:31
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 mm
6
2
1
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Temp °C
16
17
17
17
15
14
14
14
15
15
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
18
21
22
16
14
Feels °C
15
13
12
11
8
7
7
7
9
9
12
12
14
15
13
12
12
13
16
21
12
11
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