Headlands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.27° S 150.97° E

Issued: 4 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Headlands sea temperature is

20.2°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Headlands today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 10AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Evening (05 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat night).
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 7	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 9	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	32	26	25	109	236	291	410	765	671	505	435	331	266	145	115	71	111	56	45	38	46	41	982	1691	1159	1107
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WSW	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	WSW	WSW	NW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:15AM1.29m				6:17PM1.27m				6:56AM1.39m				7:07PM1.23m				7:33AM1.47m				7:52PM1.19m
Low Tide	11:51PM0.19m				12:18PM0.37m				00:32AM0.20m				1:10PM0.29m				1:08AM0.23m				1:57PM0.23m				1:43AM0.25m


	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	—	—	7:27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—	—	—	7:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	17	19	18	18	17	16	14	13	16	20	23	21	18	17	16	16	20	26	28	16	13	11	10	10
Feels °C	16	13	11	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	15	17	18	17	16	17	16	15	17	23	24	11	6	5	5	4
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 9	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	32	26	25	28	36	37	38	38	40	505	435	331	266	145	115	71	69	56	45	38	32	14	45	49	29	29
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 15	E 15	E 9	—	—	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 6	E 9	NE 6	S 18	S 17	NE 6
kJ	19	15	15	10	4	4	2	—	—	40	26	25	4	4	25	25	52	37	36	25	20	41	10	6	6	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	NE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	E 15	E 15	—	—	—	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	S 19	—	—	—	S 17
kJ	4	9	6	6	4	4	—	—	—	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	25	25	25	27	28	7	—	—	—	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 2	WSW 4	SW 5	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	ENE 9	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 6	—	—	WNW 3	NE 6	S 6	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	1	11	31	109	236	291	410	765	671	—	—	—	25	31	29	64	111	—	—	2	46	227	982	1691	1159	1107
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	72	513	591	54	12	0	0	0	3	584	675	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	123	181	46	12	68
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1				1	3	4	3	2	2				1	2	1	1	1	1			4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	8	9	8	7	7	6	5

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