Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 01 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
16.0°C
1.3° 

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 (01 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 10PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm October 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Oct)--
Afternoon (01 Oct)5ft (1.6m)14s
Evening (01 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
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)
1
1
1
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.6
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.7
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.9
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
676
998
821
821
833
1297
1082
1194
1613
1297
1246
1547
1547
1568
1229
1220
1108
1092
984
970
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSE
10
SSW
25
SW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:21PM0.41m
6:01AM0.85m
6:51AM0.80m
Low Tide
9:45PM-0.05m
10:00PM-0.07m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
19
18
16
15
14
11
12
13
12
14
15
13
12
12
11
13
16
16
14
13
Feels °C
18
15
13
13
12
6
9
9
7
10
12
9
8
8
7
9
11
11
11
10
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