Evans Head-Airforce Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.11° S 153.44° E

Issued: 3 am 29 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Evans Head-Airforce Beach sea temperature is

20.2° C

Evans Head-Airforce Beach 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 Evans Head-Airforce Beach today (29 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 5s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Evans Head-Airforce Beach at 6AM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 29). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	5s
Afternoon (29 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s
Evening (29 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s

Table - waves today at Evans Head-Airforce Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 29								Thursday 30								Friday 31
	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)	ENE 5	SE 7	E 5	SSE 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 5	NE 7	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	15	15	15	18	17	18	17	17	11	12	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	20	30	30	29	29	20	10
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	W	W	W	ESE	E	S	SW	SW	SW	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	SW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				7:52AM1.03m				8:08PM1.69m				8:27AM1.08m				8:40PM1.71m				9:02AM1.13m				9:12PM1.70m
Low Tide		2:17AM0.20m				1:29PM0.19m				2:49AM0.15m				2:05PM0.17m				3:19AM0.11m				2:42PM0.17m


	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	13	17	21	20	19	17	16	13	12	16	16	15	16	16	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	14	12	10	14	18	16	17	15	13	9	8	12	11	11	12	13	9	11	11	12	11	11	11	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	E 5	E 5	E 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 13	S 12	S 11	E 6	ENE 7	S 13	ENE 7	S 12	ENE 7	S 11
kJ	42	15	15	15	17	18	17	17	11	12	17	18	18	17	121	224	229	20	30	171	29	480	20	354
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	S 8	S 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	SE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	NE 7	NE 7	E 6	NE 8	S 15	ENE 7	E 13	ENE 7	E 13	ENE 7
kJ	15	28	28	18	17	8	8	8	7	7	2	3	7	12	17	17	12	9	39	30	3	29	3	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	SE 7	ESE 11	E 11	E 11	SSE 7	SSE 7	ESE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	S 15	E 12	E 13	S 14	E 6	E 6	NE 7	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 16	E 13	E 8	NE 8
kJ	12	13	12	10	10	5	5	5	7	5	4	3	3	16	12	12	16	3	3	3	5	3	1	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 2	W 2	W 3	WSW 3	WSW 3	—	SE 2	—	—	—	S 4	S 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 12	S 6	S 12	SSE 6
kJ	1	1	1	2	1	—	1	—	—	—	13	90	167	202	157	126	78	452	464	327	874	91	980	165
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	29	29	30	30	30	29	30	287	258	258	174	108	108	30	4	4	33	4	4	30	0	4	4	4
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