Northern Rights Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.66° S 116.75° E

Northern Rights 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Northern Rights sea temperature is
28.2° C
1.3° 

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 (08 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Northern Rights at 6AM is: 1.1m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (WITA) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jul)4ft (1.2m)15s
Afternoon (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (08 Jul)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wednesday
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
16
1.4
SSW
15
1.4
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.3
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
15
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
469
568
546
604
644
776
962
974
950
914
849
827
706
696
687
588
462
456
456
629
679
724
596
559
Wind (km/h)
5
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
S
10
S
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
SE
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
ENE
10
SE
5
S
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:33AM1.38m
4:44PM0.95m
5:15AM1.46m
7:04PM0.87m
6:05AM1.55m
9:36PM0.89m
Low Tide
11:28AM0.74m
9:42PM0.71m
1:08PM0.56m
10:07PM0.81m
2:23PM0.36m
10:30PM0.89m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:28
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:07
6:07
6:07
 mm
Temp °C
23
23
24
27
30
28
25
24
23
23
24
28
31
29
25
23
23
22
24
28
29
28
25
24
Feels °C
26
26
27
27
29
28
27
27
25
25
27
28
30
29
26
25
25
24
26
28
29
28
26
26
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