The Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Heads today (05 Jun):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Jun, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Jun, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 12s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Jun, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Heads at 4PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm June 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Jun)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Afternoon (05 Jun)	10ft (3.0m)	12s
Evening (05 Jun)	10ft (3.0m)	11s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Fri afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Sun afternoon, min 11°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 5					Saturday 6								Sunday 7								Mon 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	2525	2788	2440	2213	1070	913	928	945	807	646	575	522	513	591	581	570	688	496	560	666	1063	1220	1280	1324
Wind (km/h)	W	W	WSW	W	WNW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NE	SE	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	ESE	ENE	NNE	N	NW	NW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	off	off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross
High Tide				6:46PM1.42m				6:49AM1.35m				7:33PM1.39m				7:40AM1.28m					8:29PM1.38m
Low Tide		12:25PM0.36m				00:51AM0.53m				1:07PM0.41m				1:44AM0.57m				1:57PM0.47m					2:50AM0.58m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—
	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	5:24
mm	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	14	17	15	13	13	13	13	13	17	20	17	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	12	16	14	11	10	10	10	10	15	18	14	13	13	13	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	SW 11	SW 11	ESE 11	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14
kJ	2525	2788	2440	2213	1070	913	928	945	807	646	575	522	513	591	581	544	688	496	431	666	1063	1220	1280	1324
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SSW 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	SW 12	SW 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	SW 13	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 11
kJ	211	172	166	112	552	593	464	464	332	325	264	225	152	113	386	570	469	439	560	431	350	350	343	286
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 18	SW 17	SSW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	S 8	S 8	S 8	SW 14	SW 8	SW 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7
kJ	31	75	181	193	273	251	393	371	295	286	282	223	175	216	84	47	33	224	135	98	4	4	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 5	—	—	SSW 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	50	—	—	866	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4
Distance (km)	8	8	8	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	7

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