Elliott Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 24.92° S 152.49° E

Issued: 9 pm 13 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Elliott Heads sea temperature is

25.4°C

Elliott Heads 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 Elliott Heads today (14 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 4s period with NNE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Elliott Heads at 2AM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	4s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	4s
Evening (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	4s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Mon morning, min 21°C on Sun afternoon). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 13		Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Mon 16
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 4	NNE 5	NE 10	ENE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	10	9	8	9	7	10	12	15	17	13	12	17	24	31	37	41	27	25	22	29	11
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	WNW	NE	NW	NW	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			10:34PM2.03m				11:16AM2.67m				11:27PM1.94m				12:07PM2.57m				00:35AM1.88m
Low Tide	5:07PM1.01m				4:30AM0.86m				5:56PM1.07m				5:16AM0.99m				6:53PM1.10m				6:12AM1.11m


	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	6:14
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	23	1	2	3	1
Temp °C	23	23	23	23	23	24	25	24	24	23	23	23	24	25	25	24	21	22	22	23	24
Feels °C	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	23	23	24	23	25	22	23	23	24	24
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	NE 10	NE 6	NNE 4	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 9	NE 7	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 12	NE 10	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 10	NE 10	ENE 11
kJ	4	4	6	9	4	6	4	4	3	2	4	5	13	4	9	10	6	7	9	24	11
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	NE 10	ENE 6	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 7	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	ENE 10	ENE 10	NE 11	N 11	NE 11
kJ	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	5	4	5	9	9	5	2	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 9	NE 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 9	N 11	—	—	NNE 10	E 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	ENE 9
kJ	—	—	2	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	—	—	9	3	5	4	5	5	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	—	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 4	NNE 5	N 4	N 5
kJ	10	9	8	—	7	10	12	15	17	13	12	17	24	31	37	41	27	25	22	29	51
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	904	174	84	84	84	84	200	179	182	355	174	133	133	193	133	0	84	84	133	133	133
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Rating (10 max)			1	1	1	1						1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	4	4	4	1	4	3	1	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
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