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Freshwater and Harbord surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 02 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Freshwater and Harbord surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Freshwater and Harbord sea temperature is
23.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Freshwater and Harbord today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater and Harbord at 7PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 02). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (02 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
2.3
SSE
0.5
E
0.3
E
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)10101099991010999988888856667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13398986461428634718552499436328256717177714991163255196226
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
40
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
1.75
10:01PM
1.20
10:01AM
1.71
10:43PM
1.23
10:42AM
1.62
11:23PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02PM
-0.02
3:36AM
0.22
4:41PM
0.01
4:22AM
0.23
5:17PM
0.06
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:18-------
Sunset---7:59-------7:58-------7:58----
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clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171819202019192019212122212020181822222322212019
Feels °C (?)7911131414161718191919191718171720181919192020
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