Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 am 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
14.5° C
0.2° 

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 (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 17s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 4PM is: 1.4m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 08:30am August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)5ft (1.6m)14s
Afternoon (11 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (11 Aug)6.5ft (2.0m)17s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Tue night, light winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tuesday
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
6
2
2
2
1
2
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)
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.4
SW
14
1.8
SW
17
2
SW
17
2.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
17
3
SW
17
3
SW
17
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
15
2.4
SW
15
2.4
SW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1006
1094
890
731
1860
2233
3897
4178
4840
4418
4721
4234
4084
4701
4869
4663
3772
3534
3132
2814
2584
2584
Wind (km/h)
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
35
WNW
30
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
2:47PM0.95m
3:12AM0.17m
3:15PM0.94m
3:05AM0.25m
3:38PM0.90m
Low Tide
11:37PM0.13m
6:38AM0.13m
11:20PM0.18m
7:45AM0.12m
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:07
7:07
7:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:46
5:47
5:47
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
13
13
14
15
15
13
13
12
13
13
13
14
14
14
13
13
14
14
14
14
14
15
Feels °C
7
7
7
9
9
6
6
4
4
7
7
8
9
10
9
9
10
11
10
10
11
11
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