Daly Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.03° S 136.94° E

Daly Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Daly Heads sea temperature is
15.7°C
0.9° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Daly Heads at 6AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 03:30am October 07). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (ACDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Afternoon (07 Oct)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Evening (07 Oct)7ft (2.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm (max 23°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Thu morning, calm by Thu night).

Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
2.1
SW
16
2
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.3
SW
16
1.4
SW
16
1.5
SW
17
1.6
SW
16
1.6
SW
16
2.1
W
16
2
WSW
16
2
WSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2777
2814
2662
2359
2453
2548
2241
2061
1880
1602
1349
1200
1028
897
966
955
931
1042
1194
1225
1200
2265
1957
1787
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
25
ENE
15
NNE
5
ENE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
NE
25
NNE
30
NNE
35
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
10
NE
15
SW
5
ENE
25
NNE
30
N
30
W
30
W
30
W
Wind State
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
High Tide
2:34PM0.72m
4:14AM0.38m
3:00PM0.68m
3:49AM0.49m
3:20PM0.62m
Low Tide
11:03PM0.13m
10:27PM0.19m
8:03AM0.32m
9:59PM0.21m
9:08AM0.28m
9:43PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
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6:48
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Temp °C
12
11
10
12
15
17
18
18
18
17
16
19
21
23
23
22
20
17
16
17
16
18
16
15
Feels °C
8
7
6
7
12
15
16
15
15
13
11
13
14
17
17
16
18
15
17
13
11
14
11
10
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