Elliott Heads surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Friday 05 Dec 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
27.5° C
(Which is 2.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Elliott Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Elliott Heads at 6PM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)--
Afternoon (05 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (05 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)5s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.4
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)555555555566666866848477
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13161621171718131414152526928452424612524204452
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
N
10
SW
5
N
10
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
2.47
9:12AM
3.28
9:22PM
2.37
10:00AM
3.21
10:14PM
2.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:54PM
0.63
2:35AM
0.40
3:44PM
0.67
3:21AM
0.48
4:35PM
0.74
4:09AM
0.61
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise------4:52-------4:52-------4:52-
Sunset-6:28-------6:29-------6:29------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242424242423242525252424242424252625252523242526
Feels °C (?)232323232423252524252323232324242524232324262726
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