Scotts Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.63° S 153.02° E

Scotts Head, Australia Weather Observations

Issued: 9 pm 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Scotts Head sea temperature is
19.7° C
0.0° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for Scotts Head based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Scotts Head right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near Scotts Head

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Coffs Harbour Airport

36 km NNE5 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
part cloudno report
10
light winds from the NW
(9 km/h at 320°)
12.4 °C10.0
10.0
no cloud
-
-

Upper Orara

42 km N200 m above sea level

41 minutes ago
dry
0
calm
(0 km/h at 272°)
0
9 °C-
-
-
-
0

Kempsey Airport Automatic Weather Station

54 km S14 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
no report
-
(- km/h at -°)
11.8 °C-
-

-

Grafton Airport Automatic Weather Station

96 km N26 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
no report
-
(- km/h at -°)
11.4 °C-
-

-

Grafton Research Stn

112 km N26 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
no report
5
light winds from the NNW
(6 km/h at 330°)
12.6 °C-
-

-

Yarras (Mount Seaview)

112 km SSW155 m above sea level

2 hours ago
-
-
(- km/h at -°)
- °C25
25
-
-
-

Fortis Creek

124 km N80 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
0
calm
(0 km/h at 94°)
8 °C-
-
-
-
0

Armidale Airport

135 km WSW1080 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
no report
wind obs. (17 kph from 300 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
7.9 °C-
-

-

Yamba Pilot Station

136 km NNE28 m above sea level

45 minutes ago
no report
wind obs. (7 kph from 360 degs) was rejected
(- km/h at -°)
14.3 °C-
-
-
-
-

Walcha

141 km SW1060 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
0
calm
(0 km/h at 58°)
0
-1 °C-
-
-
-
0

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Scotts Head and within an acceptable time window.

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