Redhead 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.02° S 151.72° E

Issued: 3 am 10 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Redhead sea temperature is

18.7°C

Redhead surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Redhead today (10 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Redhead at 8AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 10). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 3.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (10 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (10 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri night, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12
	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	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 22	SE 21	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 14	E 14	SSE 9	E 14	E 14	E 4	E 14
Wave Graph
kJ	47	45	42	38	24	23	16	8	8	18	18	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	9	16
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SE	SSW	SW	SW	S	SE	ENE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				7:35AM1.20m				7:44PM1.49m				8:15AM1.28m				8:28PM1.46m				8:53AM1.34m				9:09PM1.39m
Low Tide		1:30AM0.08m				1:24PM0.18m				2:09AM0.06m				2:13PM0.13m				2:46AM0.07m				2:59PM0.12m


	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	16	15	14	15	16	17	17	16
Feels °C	6	7	7	9	9	11	10	11	12	9	11	11	12	14	14	17	16	14	13	15	14	14	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	ESE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 22	SSE 21	SSE 9	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	S 10
kJ	47	45	1500	1021	757	169	180	882	825	752	696	614	528	451	391	344	300	300	254	220	418	331	275	208
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 26	E 16	ESE 10	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 9	SSE 18	SSE 18	SE 22	SE 21	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 19	S 12	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 21	SSE 21
kJ	13	5	42	38	24	23	16	133	126	18	18	4	4	4	4	4	34	66	120	80	134	126	84	147
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSE 23	SSE 23	SSE 23	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	E 15	E 15	S 21	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 13	E 14	E 14	SSE 19	E 14	E 14	SSE 16	E 14
kJ	—	—	53	104	103	1	2	8	8	4	4	9	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	122	4	4	25	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	—	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 2	E 4	E 4
kJ	1899	1955	1940	1290	—	792	848	1281	1252	1066	970	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	9	12
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Rating (10 max)	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	1	2	2
Distance (km)	167	78	32	3	32	3	99	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	32	428	59	9
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Rating (10 max)			4	4	4	4		4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3		2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	7	6	6	6	4	4	8	5	8	7	6	6	4	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	8	7	9	6	5	5	9	8	8	9	9	9	7	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	7	7	7

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