Northern Rights Surf Break

Lat Long: 8.66° S 116.75° E

Northern Rights 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 08 Jul 2026 (local time)

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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 (09 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 15s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Northern Rights at 12AM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (WITA) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)15s
Evening (09 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 30°C on Thu afternoon, min 22°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
8
Thursday
9
Friday
10
Sat
11
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
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
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
1.1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
1
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
15
0.9
SSW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
776
962
974
950
914
849
827
706
696
687
588
462
456
456
621
679
724
596
559
551
417
411
334
330
Wind (km/h)
20
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
SE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SW
10
NE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
NW
5
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-on
glassy
off
cross
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
4:44PM0.95m
5:15AM1.46m
7:04PM0.87m
6:05AM1.55m
9:36PM0.89m
7:00AM1.65m
Low Tide
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
part cloud
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>
6:07
6:07
6:07
6:07
 mm
Temp °C
28
25
24
24
23
24
28
30
28
25
24
23
22
23
28
29
28
25
24
23
22
23
26
27
Feels °C
27
27
26
26
25
26
28
29
28
26
26
26
25
25
29
30
28
26
26
26
25
26
28
29
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