Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Evans Head-Airforce Beach today (12 Nov):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with NNE swell.
The current surf forecast for Evans Head-Airforce Beach at 12AM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (12 Nov) | - | - |
| Afternoon (12 Nov) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 10s |
| Evening (12 Nov) | 5ft (1.5m) | 6s |
Table - waves today at Evans Head-Airforce Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 25°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the NNE by Fri afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Sat 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 5 | NNE 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 300 | 245 | 197 | 149 | 176 | 121 | 98 | 124 | 79 | 90 | 84 | 71 | 74 | 101 | 68 | 50 | 62 | 140 | 167 | 169 | 219 | 130 | 82 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 9:07PM1.01m | 9:28AM1.60m | 9:47PM0.96m | 10:07AM1.55m | 10:30PM0.91m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:42AM0.24m | 4:14PM0.27m | 3:18AM0.29m | 4:58PM0.31m | 3:57AM0.34m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 4:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:43 | — |
 | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:15 | — | — | — | — | 6:15 |
mm | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Temp °C | 24 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Feels °C | 22 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 23 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | NNE 6 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | S 8 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 7 | SSE 7 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | E 9 |
| kJ | 300 | 245 | 197 | 149 | 110 | 84 | 82 | 80 | 79 | 55 | 55 | 53 | 34 | 79 | 68 | 32 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 17 | 135 | 100 | 25 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SSE 9 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | S 8 | S 8 | E 9 | E 9 | SE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 9 | E 9 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 80 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 24 | 24 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 9 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 10 | N 15 | NNE 10 | S 11 | NNE 10 | NNE 10 | NE 10 | E 10 | ESE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | E 9 | E 9 | ESE 9 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | NE 10 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | NE 10 |
| kJ | 11 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | N 6 | — | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 5 | NNE 6 | N 6 | N 6 | N 6 | NNE 6 |
| kJ | 71 | 154 | 155 | 148 | 176 | 121 | 98 | 124 | 79 | 90 | 84 | 71 | 74 | 101 | — | 50 | 62 | 140 | 167 | 169 | 219 | 130 | 82 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 429 | 90 | 29 | 34 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 1285 | 1283 | 106 | 160 | 38 | 29 | 0 |
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