Hat Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.05° S 153.06° E

Hat Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hat Head sea temperature is
20.7°C
0.9° 

Hat Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Hat Head today (10 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Hat Head at 8PM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 22s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)--
Afternoon (10 Sep)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (10 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)9s

Table - waves today at Hat Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
10
2.5
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.2
S
9
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.5
S
11
2.2
SSE
10
2
S
10
2
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
12
1.3
SSE
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1928
1270
1001
830
1498
1423
1397
951
816
742
574
502
492
418
367
321
315
315
567
444
Wind (km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
7:27PM1.67m
7:55AM1.35m
8:08PM1.62m
8:34AM1.43m
8:46PM1.52m
Low Tide
1:55AM-0.01m
1:51PM0.05m
2:29AM-0.01m
2:36PM0.06m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:52
5:50
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:37
5:37
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
18
18
17
16
15
14
14
16
17
17
17
17
16
16
16
18
19
19
18
17
Feels °C
13
13
13
13
12
11
11
15
15
15
16
17
16
16
15
17
17
17
17
17
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