The Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.07° S 23.06° E

The Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 15 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Heads sea temperature is
14.7° C
2.5° 

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


How big are the waves at The Heads today (15 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 14s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Heads at 6AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (15 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (15 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat night, min 13°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
2
3
3
2
0
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
15
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1
SW
14
1
SW
13
1.1
SW
13
1.3
SW
12
1.4
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
1.4
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.2
SW
12
1.3
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
2.1
SW
14
2.2
SW
14
2.1
SW
13
2.1
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
1.9
SW
13
1.8
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
472
422
410
471
471
357
347
431
502
639
629
590
428
435
733
1048
1441
1680
1837
1589
1479
1288
1182
1150
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
0
SSW
5
N
5
N
10
N
5
N
10
NNE
5
SE
10
S
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
glassy
off
off
off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
High Tide
5:05AM1.75m
5:26PM1.88m
5:37AM1.66m
5:57PM1.78m
6:08AM1.54m
6:27PM1.64m
Low Tide
11:06PM0.05m
11:10AM0.01m
11:38PM0.12m
11:40AM0.10m
00:10AM0.22m
12:09PM0.23m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:07
7:05
7:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
5:58
5:58
 mm
Temp °C
14
13
13
18
20
17
15
20
23
21
17
19
18
16
14
15
15
15
16
19
19
17
16
16
Feels °C
14
13
12
17
18
16
14
18
21
19
15
17
16
16
13
14
13
13
14
18
17
15
16
16
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Heads surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest