Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 17 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
16.4°C
1.4° 

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 (18 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 1AM is: 0.6m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm October 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Oct)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (18 Oct)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (18 Oct)4ft (1.2m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Sun night, light winds from the S by Mon night).

Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.6
SW
15
0.8
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.2
SW
17
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.4
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.2
SW
15
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
89
84
176
134
171
251
297
407
482
854
976
894
883
795
773
623
614
581
Wind (km/h)
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
E
30
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
WSW
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-on
High Tide
7:45AM0.74m
8:58AM0.67m
Low Tide
11:07PM0.01m
11:20PM0.05m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
22
23
22
20
20
21
23
25
26
23
21
20
19
19
21
23
25
19
Feels °C
19
20
18
16
15
17
19
21
22
17
15
15
14
14
15
17
21
17
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