Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.2°C
0.6° 

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 (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 4AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (25 Sep)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (25 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Thu night, min 10°C on Sun morning). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the ESE by Sun morning).

Thu
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
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9 PM
12 AM
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6 AM
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12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
0.9
SW
12
1
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.3
SW
13
0.9
SW
20
1.3
SW
19
1.9
SW
19
2
SW
18
2
SW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
363
357
316
256
287
248
313
304
361
447
459
565
570
640
1295
2476
2420
2339
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
20
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
0
NE
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
2:48AM0.43m
2:37PM0.73m
3:01AM0.53m
2:56PM0.67m
Low Tide
9:26PM0.19m
7:52AM0.23m
9:17PM0.19m
8:39AM0.21m
9:13PM0.17m
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Temp °C
21
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16
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Feels °C
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