Flat Rock surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 11 Sep 2025 AEST
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Flat Rock surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Flat Rock sea temperature is
20.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Flat Rock today?

The current surf forecast for Flat Rock at 6AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.4m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 11). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (11 Sep)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (11 Sep)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
3
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!
!
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2
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.1
NNE
0.5
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.1
SE
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)77714131212101111111110101099109999911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)198233227211198156105146946164448389530532458985789651506491408336310307288273
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
W
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
0
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSE
10
E
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:01PM
1.44
10:29AM
1.53
10:45PM
1.31
11:19AM
1.53
11:33PM
1.16
12:16PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
0.16
4:48PM
0.23
4:51AM
0.21
5:47PM
0.33
5:36AM
0.28
6:57PM
0.42
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise--5:48-------5:48-------5:47-----
Sunset-----5:35-------5:36-------5:36--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211715172120171614121216171817171615151718181818
Feels °C (?)18118914141211107711121515161614141616151617
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Flat Rock (light winds from the WNW at Ballina Byron G Airport 5 km from Flat Rock). 1.3m 7s swell from the NNE with a 0.5m 10s swell from the SSE and a 0.3m 8s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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11 km/h
WNW
Offshore
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