Dee Why Point 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.76° S 151.31° E

Issued: 3 pm 12 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Dee Why Point sea temperature is

17.4°C

Dee Why Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Dee Why Point today (12 Sep):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Dee Why Point at 7PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 21s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (12 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Evening (12 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

Table - waves today at Dee Why Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sat 12				Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 11	S 10	S 10	NE 6	S 10	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	ENE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	254	225	167	154	128	113	113	115	143	135	130	230	102	132	123	86	85	82	56	65
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	N	N	N	NNW	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NE	NNE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				8:56PM1.48m				9:22AM1.46m				9:36PM1.36m				9:58AM1.46m
Low Tide		2:47PM0.17m				3:09AM0.12m				3:32PM0.19m				3:41AM0.20m					4:17PM0.24m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	17	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	22	24	22	24	22
Feels °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	13	13	14	14	15	14	19	22	18	21	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	S 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 11	S 10	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	S 11	S 10	S 10
kJ	254	225	167	154	115	113	113	115	143	135	130	112	97	74	63	42	39	82	56	51
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 21	SSE 20	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	NE 5	ENE 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	S 10	S 10	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	ENE 13	ENE 12	E 12
kJ	69	71	86	82	14	16	17	13	17	17	17	100	102	132	123	86	85	16	15	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 14	ENE 14	ENE 14	E 13	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 16	E 9	E 9	S 18	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	ENE 13	—	—	—
kJ	19	19	18	12	128	71	64	27	2	2	7	13	13	13	13	13	17	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 3	ENE 3	ENE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	—	ENE 5	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	—	—	—	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6
kJ	—	5	8	11	43	42	36	—	10	28	74	230	119	—	—	—	72	39	38	65
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	168	24	24	1	1	1	1	1	173	508	51	1	1	0	1	1	1	25	1	5
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Rating (10 max)	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6

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