Elliott Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 24.92° S 152.49° E

Elliott Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Elliott Heads sea temperature is
18.9° C
2.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Elliott Heads today (09 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Elliott Heads at 10PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (09 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)4s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
5
0.3
ENE
11
0.7
SE
4
0.7
SE
4
0.5
E
5
0.9
SE
4
0.8
ESE
4
0.6
ESE
5
0.5
E
5
0.6
ESE
4
0.7
E
4
0.2
ENE
10
0.4
E
5
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
11
0.3
ENE
5
0.1
E
15
0.1
E
14
0.1
NE
13
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
12
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
14
23
15
17
12
24
24
17
11
10
17
9
10
10
10
11
5
4
4
6
14
14
13
12
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
N
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
10
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
High Tide
4:10PM2.49m
4:15AM2.16m
5:16PM2.68m
5:23AM2.16m
6:15PM2.87m
6:24AM2.20m
Low Tide
10:26PM0.98m
10:30AM0.58m
11:43PM0.87m
11:31AM0.49m
00:47AM0.73m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:15
5:15
5:15
 mm
1
1
1
2
2
1
Temp °C
20
18
17
16
15
15
15
15
17
17
17
16
15
14
13
16
18
19
19
18
17
17
17
19
Feels °C
17
14
14
13
12
13
13
13
14
14
15
15
13
12
11
15
16
17
17
18
17
17
17
18
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