Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
16.6°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 (28 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 9PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30pm October 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)--
Afternoon (28 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (28 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri morning. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu afternoon, fresh winds from the N by Fri morning).

Wed
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
1 PM
4 PM
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
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
0.9
SW
11
1.1
SW
11
1.1
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.4
SW
16
1.5
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.7
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
15
1.4
SW
15
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
209
205
202
202
273
303
319
883
1060
1300
1449
1300
1164
1135
856
746
581
565
464
398
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
E
25
ENE
25
NE
30
N
30
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
High Tide
3:33PM0.31m
5:35AM0.97m
2:53PM0.32m
6:09AM0.95m
Low Tide
9:35PM-0.02m
1:42PM0.32m
9:53PM-0.06m
10:14PM-0.08m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
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6:22
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Temp °C
14
15
14
14
13
13
13
16
18
21
19
18
19
18
19
20
16
22
19
18
Feels °C
9
10
10
11
11
11
12
14
15
19
15
13
15
13
14
14
11
18
16
17
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