Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
16.1°C
1.3° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 10s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 3AM is: 2.2m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (10 Oct)7ft (2.2m)13s
Evening (10 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
4
4
0
2
0
2
7
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
WSW
16
2.2
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
2.2
WSW
15
1.8
WSW
10
1.8
WSW
10
1.7
WSW
11
2.2
SW
13
2.4
SW
14
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
2.5
SW
16
3
SW
16
3
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1880
2047
2038
2038
612
628
698
1710
2226
2794
3199
3241
3483
3330
3246
3130
3937
4271
Wind (km/h)
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
NW
25
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
10
W
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
35
N
25
NNE
25
WSW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
3:55AM0.60m
3:36PM0.56m
4:13AM0.71m
3:48PM0.50m
Low Tide
9:43PM0.20m
9:55AM0.25m
9:37PM0.17m
10:36AM0.24m
9:38PM0.12m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
15
15
14
14
15
15
17
17
16
16
15
15
15
18
21
20
15
14
Feels °C
9
9
8
8
10
9
12
13
13
15
13
12
11
11
16
15
11
11
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