Dreamtime Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.20° S 153.57° E)

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Dreamtime surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 AEST

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

Today's Dreamtime sea temperature is 21.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dreamtime today?

The current surf forecast for Dreamtime at 1AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (19 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

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

Hourly 12 Days

North Coast – New South Wales Surf

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	Mon 18		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	!	!
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	ESE	E	E	E	SSE	E	S	SSE	SSE	ENE	E	E	SSE	E	E	ESE	E	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	8	10	8	8	8	6	6	6	10	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	293	255	325	311	474	358	221	251	255	271	238	217	270	256	233	303	315	500	583	584	585	632	620	606
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	S	SE	SE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:10PM 1.49				4:30AM 0.90				5:15PM 1.59				5:36AM 0.96				6:09PM 1.67				6:27AM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)			11:13PM 0.38				10:16AM 0.26				12:11AM 0.28				11:20AM 0.19				12:56AM 0.19				12:12PM 0.12

	Mon 18		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25

Rain (mm)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	4	5	7	2	4	8	14	4	1
Temp. °C	15	14	13	14	13	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	16	17	17	16	18	18	18
Feels °C (?)	12	11	10	11	10	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	12	13	15	15	13	14	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update Cross-off wind 8 km from Dreamtime has become light (light winds from the S at Coolangatta Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Dreamtime. 1.2m 6s windswell from the SSE with a 1.0m 10s swell from the ESE and a 0.4m 8s swell from the S. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 4 minutes ago Dreamtime

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1 h 4 min ago

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