Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.1°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 (24 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 3AM is: 1.3m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (24 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (24 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Sat afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the SE by Sat afternoon).

Wed
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
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
2
3
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
SW
13
1
SW
13
1
SW
13
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
0.9
SW
12
1
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
696
686
696
586
503
444
386
369
321
316
316
256
248
248
368
304
308
447
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
15
E
15
ENE
10
N
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
20
WSW
10
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
SW
10
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:55AM0.34m
2:15PM0.77m
2:48AM0.43m
2:37PM0.73m
Low Tide
9:43PM0.18m
6:53AM0.26m
9:26PM0.19m
7:52AM0.23m
9:17PM0.19m
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cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:09
6:07
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:17
6:19
6:20
 mm
Temp °C
20
21
20
20
21
20
21
23
20
19
19
16
16
16
17
18
18
15
Feels °C
17
17
15
17
17
14
15
19
15
17
19
15
16
15
16
17
17
13
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