Evans Head-Airforce Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.11° S 153.44° E

Issued: 3 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Evans Head-Airforce Beach sea temperature is

21.1°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 (04 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Evans Head-Airforce Beach at 7PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Evening (04 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Wed night, fresh winds from the SE by Thu afternoon).
	Wed 4				Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	SSE 6	SSE 7	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	50	53	78	70	55	40	48	56	56	55	51	212	276	51	51	50	50	50	51	52	53	56	65
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ENE	ENE	ESE	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WSW	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	SE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide			4:05PM1.43m				5:07AM1.26m				4:57PM1.37m				5:50AM1.39m				5:44PM1.31m				6:28AM1.50m
Low Tide					10:49PM0.13m				10:59AM0.40m				11:26PM0.11m				11:55AM0.34m				00:00AM0.10m


	—	—	—	—	—	4:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:48	—
	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	6:10
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	22	22	21	19	19	20	29	31	23	20	19	19	18	17	19	20	20	20	20	17	16	17
Feels °C	22	21	23	23	20	18	16	25	29	19	16	16	16	16	16	19	18	16	16	18	16	15	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	50	53	78	70	55	40	41	55	41	40	28	50	50	51	238	264	340	311	307	216	164	157	119
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	E 8	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10
kJ	20	32	15	25	24	33	48	56	56	55	51	27	19	12	51	50	50	50	51	52	53	56	65
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 4	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 6	S 5	S 5	S 5	E 15	S 8	E 15	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	N 5
kJ	5	6	33	33	33	15	8	4	2	4	1	4	4	4	20	13	12	12	4	4	4	4	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 3	ENE 3	—	—	—	W 2	W 3	W 3	—	SSE 3	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4
kJ	3	6	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	8	94	212	276	265	—	—	—	—	11	17	12	10	8
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	55	55	37	29	0	0	30	29	0	48	187	4	4	0	0	4	55	105	114	49	29	29	29
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		3	3	3	2	2	1		2	2	2	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	1	4	1	5	3	1	1	3	3	4	5	3	3	4	2	4	2	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	5	6	4

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