Evans Head-Airforce Beach surf break

Evans Head-Airforce Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Evans Head-Airforce Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Evans Head-Airforce Beach sea temperature is
24.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Evans Head-Airforce Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Evans Head-Airforce Beach at 12PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
0.5
E
1.4
N
1.1
N
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
1
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.3
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.2
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)141414135513651313556666661212999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14614213290898786117675554448210145372618121310888
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
NNW
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NNE
20
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NE
25
NE
20
N
15
W
15
W
25
SSW
35
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:03-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset---5:27-------5:25-------5:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C172122242221191818252926242221191921212121201917
Feels °C (?)172220211819191716222723221817141417161617171614
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Evans Head-Airforce Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest