Elliott Heads surfForecast / QLD – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 09 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
25.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Elliott Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Elliott Heads at 1PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.7
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)12111112121213121271314141313131212131314131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35333277726913212296565553961421131069998108183123158151113
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
1.83
2:22AM
2.38
3:02PM
1.84
3:36AM
2.44
4:16PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
1.37
7:03PM
1.24
9:16AM
1.32
8:33PM
1.27
10:25AM
1.18
9:55PM
1.19
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset---5:40-------5:39-------5:38----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212325252423232222242525242323222224252423232221
Feels °C (?)222325252423242322242525242425242425252323222221
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