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Little Avalon surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Little Avalon surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Avalon sea temperature is
22.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Little Avalon today?

The current surf forecast for Little Avalon at 10AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 3.0m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)13ft (4.0m)10s

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

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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
3.5
SE
3.5
SE
4
SE
4
SE
4
ESE
4
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
SE
2.4
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
Period(s) (?)77101010101099999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1018427002810286329622765251822372086278827602423206520411443827664594525548492492460
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
1.54
8:48PM
1.01
8:46AM
1.59
9:26PM
1.05
9:22AM
1.62
10:03PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
0.41
2:59PM
0.22
2:10AM
0.37
3:35PM
0.17
2:50AM
0.34
4:09PM
0.13
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--6:00-------6:01-------6:01-----
Sunset------8:07-------8:07-------8:06-
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-123343348354636194311-111--
Temp. °C212121212121202020201919192020202019202121212020
Feels °C (?)201819181918171717181616171817161716171818181818
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