Elliott Heads surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 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
25.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Elliott Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Elliott Heads at 1AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


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Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
0.9
E
0.5
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
0.4
NNE
Period(s) (?)55999999129913131212119991213121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5140471088888666648735647473735324845323882585656
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
10
S
15
SE
10
E
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
E
10
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
E
10
E
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrossononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
2.64
10:58AM
2.13
11:55PM
2.52
11:48AM
1.95
1:00AM
2.41
1:15PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31PM
0.81
5:28AM
1.17
5:07PM
0.96
6:25AM
1.30
5:54PM
1.11
7:45AM
1.37
Mon
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise----6:00-------6:01-------6:01---
Sunset-------5:43-------5:42-------5:40
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232321201922232423232322212324242423232221232525
Feels °C (?)202220191922232423232524222425242523242322232524
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