Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Redhead today (14 Jul):
The current surf forecast for Redhead at 3AM is: 0.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 13mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 10°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WSW on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSW by Wed night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
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Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | S 20 | S 19 | S 16 | S 12 | S 11 | SSW 5 | E 10 | E 10 | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | SSE 8 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 |
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 kJ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on |
High Tide | 7:23PM1.60m | 8:12AM1.03m | 8:14PM1.64m | 9:00AM1.08m | 9:02PM1.64m | 9:47AM1.12m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:16AM0.07m | 1:37PM0.26m | 3:03AM0.03m | 2:31PM0.24m | 3:49AM0.01m | 3:24PM0.23m | ||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:04 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Temp °C | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Feels °C | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 12 | S 11 | SSW 5 | S 6 | S 11 | S 8 | — | — | — | S 15 | S 15 | — | SSE 8 | S 15 | S 18 | S 18 |
| kJ | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 23 | 447 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | 416 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 19 | S 16 | S 7 | S 17 | S 10 | S 11 | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 17 |
| kJ | 10 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | E 8 | E 8 | S 20 | S 10 | S 10 | S 18 | S 6 | S 15 | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 14 |
| kJ | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 15 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 4 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | W 3 | W 3 | W 3 | S 7 | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | SSE 8 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 |
| kJ | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 111 | 789 | 1496 | 1550 | 932 | 678 | 535 | 449 | 569 | 475 | 650 | 573 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 86 | 87 | 186 | 186 | 186 | 186 | 186 | 441 | 205 | 275 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 80 | 68 | 42 | 87 |
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