Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 2 pm 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.0°C
0.4° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 9PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 24s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 02:30pm September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)--
Afternoon (06 Sep)6ft (1.9m)14s
Evening (06 Sep)5ft (1.6m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon morning, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue night).

Sun
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
13
1.9
SW
14
1.8
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.2
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1
SW
19
1.2
SW
19
1.4
SW
18
1.8
SW
18
1.9
SW
17
2
SW
17
1.9
SW
16
2
SW
16
1.9
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1613
1319
1236
1049
859
552
609
480
386
458
570
723
1016
1269
2042
2117
2233
1901
1943
1809
Wind (km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
SSE
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
12:34PM0.78m
1:25PM0.83m
2:00PM0.86m
Low Tide
11:05PM0.00m
11:01PM0.05m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:06
6:07
6:07
 mm
Temp °C
14
14
13
14
13
12
12
13
15
15
12
11
10
10
10
11
13
13
12
11
Feels °C
11
11
10
11
9
9
9
9
12
12
9
8
7
7
8
10
11
8
7
6
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