Freshwater and Harbord Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.78° S 151.30° E

Freshwater and Harbord 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 23 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Freshwater and Harbord sea temperature is
20.4°C
1.6° 

Freshwater and Harbord surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Freshwater and Harbord today (24 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Freshwater and Harbord at 3AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (24 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (24 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

Table - waves today at Freshwater and Harbord. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 27°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the S by Mon morning).

Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
1
0
1
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
NE
7
1.6
ENE
7
1.9
NE
7
1.6
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
8
1.4
ENE
8
1.5
ENE
8
1.7
ENE
8
1.8
ENE
7
2.3
NE
8
1.8
ENE
8
1.7
ENE
8
1.7
ENE
8
1.9
NE
8
2.4
NE
8
3
NE
8
2.3
NE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
305
243
372
277
253
253
245
253
314
362
650
434
403
374
522
748
994
805
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
25
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNE
25
NE
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
6:53PM1.31m
7:28AM1.41m
7:38PM1.33m
8:05AM1.52m
8:23PM1.32m
Low Tide
1:08AM0.17m
1:38PM0.25m
1:44AM0.14m
2:24PM0.15m
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
—
—
6:03
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:01
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:14
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:15
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
2
Temp °C
19
19
18
18
18
22
21
21
20
20
20
21
22
26
27
25
25
20
Feels °C
16
18
19
19
18
22
19
19
18
20
20
20
20
24
25
22
23
19
  • 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
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 Freshwater and Harbord 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