Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 05 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.8°C
1.0° 

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 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 5AM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm October 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)6ft (1.8m)16s
Afternoon (06 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (06 Oct)8ft (2.5m)15s

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 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the NNE by Thu morning).

Mon
5
Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
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)
2
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
2
SW
16
2.2
SW
16
2.3
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.5
SW
15
2.4
SW
15
2.3
SW
15
2.3
SW
16
2.3
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1513
1438
1438
1297
1297
1904
2266
2502
2814
2814
2777
2814
2662
2359
2453
2516
2241
1929
Wind (km/h)
15
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
20
W
20
W
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
15
NNE
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
off
off
High Tide
1:59PM0.73m
2:34PM0.72m
Low Tide
11:25PM0.06m
11:03PM0.13m
10:27PM0.19m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
14
14
14
14
15
16
16
17
14
12
11
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9
11
14
17
18
18
Feels °C
11
11
11
11
12
12
11
13
10
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5
5
10
15
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14
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