Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 18 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
16.6°C
1.6° 

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 (19 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 4AM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:30pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (19 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Evening (19 Oct)4ft (1.2m)14s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sun night, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Sun night, light winds from the W by Wed morning).

Sun
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
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
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
3
2
0
0
1
0
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
1.4
SW
15
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.5
WSW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.3
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
536
854
976
894
883
795
773
773
676
581
802
907
532
451
437
382
591
431
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
35
NNE
35
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
NE
10
W
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:58AM0.67m
12:10PM0.64m
Low Tide
11:20PM0.05m
11:22PM0.10m
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Temp °C
26
25
22
20
20
19
21
23
25
23
19
16
15
16
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
21
21
16
14
15
15
17
19
21
21
19
14
13
14
12
11
11
12
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