Palm Beach surf break

Palm Beach surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
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Palm Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Palm Beach sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Palm Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Palm Beach at 2PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

Table - waves today at Palm Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.8
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
1.5
NE
1
ENE
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1.1
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)11119888661099666661110101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)871521841098258156739462604947354046363331313129198293
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
WSW
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
N
15
NNE
0
NE
5
N
20
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
NW
20
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:29AM
1.14
5:31PM
1.70
6:27AM
1.25
6:27PM
1.72
7:17AM
1.36
7:18PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.48
12:21AM
0.23
12:01PM
0.45
1:09AM
0.20
1:00PM
0.41
1:51AM
0.17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise5:50-------5:48-------5:48-------
Sunset---5:46-------5:47-------5:49----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C121619171716141213192322191716151721212016131110
Feels °C (?)81417131414131011161922181414121416141411987
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Palm Beach (light winds from the E at Umina Beach 9 km from Palm Beach). 1.3m 11s groundswell from the S with a 0.5m 7s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 25 min ago

6 km/h
E
Clean
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