Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 10 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.2° 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 (10 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 11AM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am July 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jul)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (10 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (10 Jul)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon).

Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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
15
1.6
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
2.4
W
6
3
WSW
10
3.5
WSW
11
3.5
SW
12
3.5
SW
12
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
3
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
13
2.5
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1164
1046
1163
1046
795
784
773
606
521
469
395
423
1795
2697
3446
3286
3113
2982
3029
2641
2310
2207
2241
2644
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
45
W
40
W
50
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
W
35
W
30
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
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
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
High Tide
1:04PM0.75m
1:43PM0.86m
2:21PM0.94m
Low Tide
00:34AM0.15m
00:20AM0.11m
00:19AM0.08m
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:28
7:28
7:28
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5:24
5:24
5:25
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
13
14
14
13
12
12
13
13
13
14
14
15
14
14
14
Feels °C
12
11
11
11
9
10
10
10
9
6
6
5
4
1
2
4
4
4
7
8
9
8
8
8
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