Sharps Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 surf breaks) /

Australia (828 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (28.84° S 153.60° E)

Surf Forecasts

Sharps Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 AEST

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

Today's Sharps Beach sea temperature is 20.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sharps Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sharps Beach at 1AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (19 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s

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

Hourly 12 Days

North Coast – New South Wales Surf

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	Mon 18		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	SSE	SE	SE	S	SSE	E	ENE	E	SSE	SSE	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	9	5	6	10	11	7	7	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	331	367	358	381	355	292	286	302	376	329	403	236	256	267	251	390	515	613	862	853	747	705	666	610
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:29PM 1.51				4:56AM 0.95				5:36PM 1.61				6:05AM 1.01				6:31PM 1.68				6:56AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)			11:28PM 0.46				10:27AM 0.38				12:31AM 0.38				11:36AM 0.33					1:19AM 0.30			12:34PM 0.28

	Mon 18		Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24

Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	1	2	2	2	4	-	-	-	1	3	5	6	5	7	6	1	4	24	36	17
Temp. °C	16	15	14	13	13	15	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	15	16	15	16	17	17	16	16	17
Feels °C (?)	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	11	13	12	12	14	14	14	12	13	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sharps Beach (light winds from the SSW at Ballina Airport Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Sharps Beach). 1.2m 6s windswell from the SSE with a 1.0m 10s swell from the ESE and a 0.4m 14s groundswell from the SSE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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