Iluka Bluff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.40° S 153.37° E

Issued: 9 am 23 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Iluka Bluff sea temperature is

21.1°C

Iluka Bluff 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 Iluka Bluff today (23 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Iluka Bluff at 1PM is: 0.5m 19s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (23 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s
Afternoon (23 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Evening (23 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 23						Thursday 24								Friday 25
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	S 19	SSE 19	ESE 7	SSE 16	SSE 16	ESE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	ENE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	156	182	197	211	87	81	120	103	107	127	143	123	119	119	116	120	104	107	110	142	121	197
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ESE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on
High Tide	5:55AM1.08m				6:11PM1.41m				6:34AM1.18m				6:48PM1.45m					7:11AM1.28m				7:24PM1.47m
Low Tide			11:39AM0.50m				00:42AM0.44m				12:25PM0.44m					1:13AM0.38m				1:08PM0.38m


	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:33	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	20	20	19	18	18
Feels °C	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	16	15	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 17	SSE 7	SSE 7	ESE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 10	SSE 10	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7	SSE 10	E 8	E 7	SSE 9
kJ	66	96	81	153	86	81	120	103	107	28	28	27	33	33	116	120	104	107	31	36	121	16
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 19	S 19	SSE 19	—	SSE 16	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 13	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	ENE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 10
kJ	120	182	197	—	87	81	42	38	32	6	15	17	14	14	34	31	30	31	15	29	28	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	E 13	N 9	S 9	S 8	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	—	S 18	—	S 18	ENE 8	NNE 8	N 12	S 16	S 15
kJ	3	3	3	2	80	35	—	3	3	3	3	3	3	—	6	—	6	14	6	3	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	E 6	E 6	—	—	—	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	E 6	E 6	—	—	—	—	E 7	E 7	NE 4	ENE 7
kJ	156	119	151	211	71	59	—	—	—	127	143	123	119	119	—	—	—	—	110	142	19	197
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Birdie Beach NSW - Newcastle	Birdie Beach NSW - Newcastle	Voodoo NSW - Sydney South Coast	Voodoo NSW - Sydney South Coast	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Turners Beach NSW - North Coast	Turners Beach NSW - North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	The Pass NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Turners Beach NSW - North Coast	Macauleys NSW - North Coast	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Macauleys NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Greenmount QLD - Gold Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Pippi Beach NSW - North Coast
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	88	456	456	556	556	81	81	4	4	127	88	88	4	86	81	81	61	86	88	138	127	6
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Rating (10 max)	2					2	1	2	1		1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1			2
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	7	9	6

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