Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 01 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.6° 

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 (02 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 12AM is: 1.3m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Sep)6ft (1.9m)16s
Afternoon (02 Sep)7ft (2.1m)15s
Evening (02 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Wed morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the NNW by Fri afternoon).

Tue
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
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)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
5
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.6
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.3
SW
15
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
2
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
1.9
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
2.5
WSW
14
3
SW
14
3
SW
14
2.5
SW
14
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1088
472
831
1314
1215
1764
1785
1776
1463
2125
2412
2546
2613
3025
3051
2570
2863
3152
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
25
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
High Tide
4:03PM0.53m
5:37AM0.74m
3:42PM0.48m
6:21AM0.75m
2:24PM0.48m
Low Tide
10:24PM0.07m
11:51AM0.39m
10:30PM0.03m
1:11PM0.48m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:41
6:39
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:01
6:02
6:04
 mm
1
Temp °C
15
14
13
13
13
12
13
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
Feels °C
12
12
11
8
9
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
10
9
10
11
12
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