Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
16.4°C
1.6° 

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 (11 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 3PM is: 2.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30am October 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)8ft (2.5m)16s
Afternoon (11 Oct)8ft (2.5m)16s
Evening (11 Oct)8ft (2.5m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Mon afternoon). Mainly strong winds.

Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
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
0
3
3
3
5
2
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
2
2
2
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
2
SW
15
2.2
SW
15
2.1
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
2.3
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
3090
3130
3090
3130
3545
3254
2860
2580
2548
2484
2963
2285
1968
1889
1647
2038
1688
1956
2216
2216
2053
2024
Wind (km/h)
25
NNE
40
N
25
N
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:48PM0.50m
4:35AM0.80m
3:57PM0.45m
4:59AM0.85m
4:02PM0.41m
Low Tide
10:36AM0.24m
9:38PM0.12m
11:13AM0.24m
9:46PM0.07m
11:48AM0.27m
9:58PM0.03m
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6:43
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7:32
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Temp °C
16
18
21
19
16
15
14
13
13
13
13
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
15
15
14
13
Feels °C
11
10
17
15
12
13
11
8
6
7
7
8
7
9
8
8
9
10
10
10
9
9
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