Northern Rights Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.66° S 116.75° E

Northern Rights 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 am 02 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Northern Rights sea temperature is
27.2° C
0.8° 

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


How big are the waves at Northern Rights today (02 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 17s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Aug, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Northern Rights at 2PM is: 1.4m 17s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (WITA) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Aug)4ft (1.2m)16s
Afternoon (02 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)17s
Evening (02 Aug)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Mon afternoon, min 23°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
2
Monday
3
Tuesday
4
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
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSW
17
1.2
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
17
1.4
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
785
696
964
1061
1036
940
929
917
773
612
580
573
573
573
580
505
468
456
449
472
452
395
317
Wind (km/h)
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
N
5
N
10
N
5
NE
5
S
5
SSE
5
E
5
NE
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
5
NE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SE
5
E
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SSW
Wind State
glassy
glassy
off
glassy
off
off
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
off
off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
12:37PM1.48m
1:48AM1.34m
1:16PM1.35m
2:13AM1.40m
2:01PM1.18m
Low Tide
6:43AM0.75m
7:20PM0.36m
7:29AM0.71m
7:39PM0.46m
8:21AM0.67m
7:55PM0.57m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:26
6:26
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:10
6:10
6:10
 mm
Temp °C
23
24
26
26
26
26
25
24
23
24
26
27
27
26
25
24
23
24
26
27
26
25
24
Feels °C
26
27
28
29
28
30
29
28
26
27
29
30
29
30
29
27
26
27
29
30
29
28
28
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