Evans Head-South Wall surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 02 Jan 2026 AEST
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Evans Head-South Wall surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Evans Head-South Wall sea temperature is
23.5° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Evans Head-South Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Evans Head-South Wall at 12PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am January 02). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (02 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (02 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Mon
05
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SSE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
1.2
NE
1.1
NNE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111110101099998988888855888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)492338258254310315236248120819313415412296948563626252473332
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
5
ESE
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
10
E
20
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
10
N
15
NNE
20
N
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:53AM
1.85
7:18PM
1.06
7:43AM
1.93
8:11PM
1.07
8:31AM
1.97
9:00PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:44PM
0.08
12:57AM
0.07
2:35PM
0.01
1:46AM
0.05
3:22PM
-0.01
2:33AM
0.06
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Mon
05
Sunrise4:50-------4:50-------4:52-------
Sunset---6:47-------6:49-------6:49----
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-121----------------112-
Temp. °C222322222221212020212223232221202124252523232320
Feels °C (?)222421202121222222232222232322212224232324242322
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