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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 Mar 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
24.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than 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 9PM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)8ft (2.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)1010101010109999998888887164555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)183315101255970756611528433377318273233188154114937559379028373323
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
W
5
WSW
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.17
7:10AM
1.46
7:52PM
1.26
7:55AM
1.45
8:28PM
1.35
8:36AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02PM
0.16
12:54AM
0.36
1:42PM
0.14
1:44AM
0.29
2:17PM
0.13
2:29AM
0.23
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:03-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset-6:54-------6:52-------6:52------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020201818171920202020191818202122212120191922
Feels °C (?)161718181718161919181819191818211920192020191921
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