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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 23 Jan 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
22.6° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Freshwater and Harbord today?

The current surf forecast for Freshwater and Harbord at 5PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 23). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (23 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (23 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
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
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)1010101099999999999101011111111141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30224015411158950645139134432927022722224327124825354045240140810381641922
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
15
N
15
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
S
35
S
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassoffcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crossoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
1.45
12:45AM
1.24
12:37PM
1.34
1:34AM
1.28
1:30PM
1.22
2:29AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.37
6:28PM
0.13
6:33AM
0.40
7:07PM
0.17
7:35AM
0.43
7:52PM
0.23
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Mon
26
Sunrise6:05-------6:07-------6:07-------
Sunset----8:05-------8:05-------8:04---
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192020202020201818212323222121212127302624232120
Feels °C (?)161817171718191818202120202123242328302524221817
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