Northern Rights Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.66° S 116.75° E

Northern Rights 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 19 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Northern Rights sea temperature is
27.9° 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 (19 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (19 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (19 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (19 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Northern Rights at 7AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (WITA) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (19 Jul)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (19 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 29°C on Mon afternoon, min 22°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
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
1
1
2
2
1
1
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
14
0.8
SSW
13
0.8
SSW
13
1.3
SE
7
0.8
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
16
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
18
1.2
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
17
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.3
SSW
16
1.2
SSW
15
1.2
SSW
15
1.1
SSW
14
1.1
SSW
14
1
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
261
250
213
207
201
198
159
207
377
334
438
867
980
880
827
817
763
754
612
573
472
465
431
356
Wind (km/h)
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
W
5
NE
5
NNE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
SW
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
Wind State
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
on
on
High Tide
2:39AM1.33m
1:55PM1.35m
3:12AM1.38m
2:48PM1.14m
3:48AM1.42m
3:57PM0.96m
Low Tide
8:08AM0.74m
8:26PM0.44m
9:16AM0.73m
8:48PM0.58m
10:38AM0.70m
9:03PM0.70m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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>
6:08
6:08
6:08
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
23
23
24
26
28
27
26
24
24
23
24
27
29
28
25
24
23
23
24
27
28
26
24
23
Feels °C
26
26
27
29
31
30
29
27
27
26
27
29
30
30
27
27
25
25
26
27
27
26
25
25
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