Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Issued: 3 am 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is

17.4°C

Daly Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Daly Heads today (15 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 15s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 6AM is: 1.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	15s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	14s
Evening (15 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	954	1392	1622	1480	1308	1382	726	1271	726	886	874	975	813	711	628	553	545	488	418	398	341	291	286	281	244	248	295
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	glassy	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide			6:41AM0.83m								7:15AM0.77m									7:53AM0.69m
Low Tide	10:33PM0.01m								10:54PM0.04m								11:11PM0.09m								11:13PM0.17m


	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:05	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8:07	—	—	—	8:07
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	14	14	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	14	16	17	14	12	11	12	12	15	18	20	16	13	13	14	14
Feels °C	10	9	9	8	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	9	11	12	8	7	6	8	8	11	15	18	11	7	7	10	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 16	—	—	—	—	—	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	954	—	—	—	—	—	726	1271	726	886	874	975	813	711	628	553	545	488	418	398	341	291	286	281	244	248	295
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SW 7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 4	—	—	—	—	ESE 4	—	—	—	—	SW 19
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	10	—	—	—	—	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 4	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 6	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	ESE 4	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4
kJ	14	1392	1622	1480	1308	1382	88	13	13	22	18	14	6	6	4	14	19	13	11	9	7	4	2	17	37	26	18
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Portland VIC - Far West	Stokes Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	The Pines SA - East Coast	The Pines SA - East Coast	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Stokes Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Stokes Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Stokes Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Spits SA - Yorke Peninsula	Trial Harbour TAS - West Coast	Flatrock SA - Eyre Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Stokes Bay SA - Kangaroo Island	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Blacknose Point VIC - Far West	Long Beach SA - East Coast	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Daly Heads SA - Yorke Peninsula	Apollo Bay VIC - Cape Otway	Point Roadnight VIC - Torquay	Point Roadnight VIC - Torquay
Rating (10 max)	4	2	2	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	6	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Distance (km)	555	70	164	164	3	70	70	70	3	3	1050	152	0	0	0	70	0	561	349	0	0	0	0	0	729	748	748
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Rating (10 max)					4				4	4			3	3	3		3			2	2	2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	5	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	9	4	7	9	9	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	8	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	8	7	6	9

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