Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 am 27 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.8°C
1.2° 

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 (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 7AM is: 1.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30am September 27). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)5ft (1.6m)16s
Afternoon (27 Sep)5ft (1.5m)16s
Evening (27 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Mon night, calm by Tue night).

Sunday
27
Monday
28
Tuesday
29
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)
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SW
17
1.8
SW
17
1.8
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.8
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
0.6
SW
18
0.7
SW
18
1.1
SW
17
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.1
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2117
1904
1631
1330
1194
1068
853
705
606
520
453
382
317
253
250
199
300
742
659
635
627
611
967
588
Wind (km/h)
35
SE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
25
E
30
E
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
E
25
E
25
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
20
W
20
SW
10
W
Wind State
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
3:21AM0.64m
3:11PM0.60m
3:47AM0.74m
3:20PM0.52m
4:15AM0.81m
3:21PM0.45m
Low Tide
9:23AM0.21m
9:13PM0.14m
10:06AM0.23m
9:16PM0.09m
10:50AM0.27m
9:22PM0.04m
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Temp °C
11
11
10
11
12
13
13
12
13
14
12
15
18
23
24
23
23
22
22
22
25
22
17
16
Feels °C
4
4
3
4
5
6
5
4
6
7
5
8
12
18
19
17
17
15
15
15
18
18
15
16
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