Elliott Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 24.92° S 152.49° E

Issued: 3 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Elliott Heads sea temperature is

21.4°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 (09 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 4s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Elliott Heads at 10AM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	5s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	5s
Evening (09 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	4s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 17°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the SE by Thu night).
	Wednesday 9								Thursday 10								Friday 11
	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	7 PM	10 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	ENE 5	E 5	E 4	ENE 4	E 4	ENE 4	E 4	E 4	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5
Wave Graph
kJ	19	27	25	13	14	9	13	16	14	9	9	8	13	28	77	117	117	107	106	102	78	91	59	61
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	S	ESE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	on	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				7:07AM2.44m				7:30PM3.02m				7:48AM2.59m				8:08PM3.01m				8:25AM2.68m				8:42PM2.94m
Low Tide		1:17AM0.46m				1:09PM0.34m				1:54AM0.36m				1:51PM0.28m				2:27AM0.32m				2:30PM0.28m


	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	17	16	19	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	19	18
Feels °C	17	16	15	18	19	18	18	19	19	17	16	18	15	14	13	12	13	12	13	13	14	14	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	E 5	E 5	E 5	E 5	NE 9	—	NE 9	ENE 4	E 4	ENE 4	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	E 11	NE 14	NE 14	—	NE 13	NE 13	NE 13	NE 14	ENE 7	NE 15
kJ	6	20	17	13	14	3	—	3	14	9	6	3	3	3	2	8	7	—	7	7	7	7	27	9
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	—	N 16	—	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 15	NE 15	NE 15	—	E 11	N 14	—	—	—	—	—	NE 14	N 16
kJ	2	3	3	3	3	—	5	—	3	3	3	8	8	8	—	2	4	—	—	—	—	—	8	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 15	NE 15	—	—	E 11	E 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	9	—	—	2	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 4	ESE 4	E 5	S 3	—	ENE 5	E 5	E 4	—	—	—	E 4	E 4	ESE 4	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 5
kJ	19	27	25	1	—	9	13	16	—	—	—	8	13	28	77	117	117	107	106	102	78	91	59	61
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	4	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	173	95	95	132	132	173	200	179	132	86	173	173	748	684	376	376	376	370	173	173	376	173	173	173
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Rating (10 max)		1	1	1	1				1	1
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	9	8
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Rating (10 max)	7	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	6	5	9	5	7	8	8	9	9	5	5	9	9

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