Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 8 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
14.9°C
0.5° 

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 (13 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 3AM is: 1.1m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 08:30pm September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (ACST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Afternoon (13 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)16s
Evening (13 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sat night, min 11°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
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)
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SW
16
1.3
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
15
1.2
SW
17
1.1
SW
16
1.5
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1.4
WSW
16
1
SW
15
1.3
WSW
15
0.9
SW
14
0.9
SW
14
1
SW
14
1.2
WSW
13
1.2
WSW
13
1.1
SW
13
1
WSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
989
820
551
479
822
661
1081
945
909
447
720
341
327
357
444
423
364
351
Wind (km/h)
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
30
N
20
N
25
NW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
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
3:50AM0.63m
3:32PM0.60m
4:16AM0.71m
3:36PM0.53m
Low Tide
9:41PM0.17m
9:47AM0.22m
9:40PM0.12m
10:26AM0.26m
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:24
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:10
6:12
 mm
1
2
Temp °C
21
21
19
19
17
15
15
15
14
13
13
14
13
13
14
15
16
15
Feels °C
17
16
13
13
14
11
10
11
10
10
10
11
10
10
11
11
12
11
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