Elliott Heads Surf Forecast

/ QLD – North Coast (14 breaks) / Queensland (74 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

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Elliott Heads surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 21 Aug 2025 AEST

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

Today's Elliott Heads sea temperature is 17.8° C
(Which is 3.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elliott Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Elliott Heads at 9PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (21 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s
Evening (21 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	8s

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

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	Thursday 21				Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	143	125	114	95	98	102	123	123	126	129	169	210	112	118	118	135	208	215	212	183	177	156	102	127
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	S	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	S	S	SSE	E	ENE	E	SE	SSW	S	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				7:37PM 2.97				7:51AM 2.33				8:14PM 2.99				8:27AM 2.42				8:47PM 2.96				9:01AM 2.48
Low Tide / height (m)		1:08PM 0.44				2:06AM 0.50				1:49PM 0.37				2:39AM 0.45				2:27PM 0.35				3:09AM 0.42

	Thursday 21				Friday 22								Saturday 23								Sunday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	20	20	20	21	20	18	18	20	21	21	20	20	19	18	16	19
Feels °C (?)	19	19	20	20	20	19	18	19	20	20	20	21	22	19	19	21	20	19	21	19	19	17	13	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for QLD - North Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Elliott Heads (light winds from the ESE at Bundaberg Airport 19 km from Elliott Heads). A 1.2m swell from the ENE
1 hour 4 minutes ago Elliott Heads

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19 km away, 1 h 4 min ago

7 km/h

ESE

0.0

17.8

Air / Water (°C)

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