The Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.07° S 23.06° E

The Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 7 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Heads sea temperature is
19.6°C
1.1° 

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 (01 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 12s period with WSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Heads at 12AM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)--
Afternoon (01 Nov)4ft (1.2m)12s
Evening (01 Nov)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
31
Sunday
1
Monday
2
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)
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SW
11
1.2
SW
11
1.2
WSW
11
0.9
SW
14
1.3
SW
13
1.8
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
1.7
SW
14
1.9
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
13
1.8
SW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.7
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.6
SW
12
1.5
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
293
354
329
304
637
1203
1139
1107
1210
1109
1006
959
846
819
805
792
734
660
573
Wind (km/h)
5
S
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
5
NNE
Wind State
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
High Tide
7:13PM1.34m
8:07AM1.30m
8:43PM1.19m
9:56AM1.28m
10:41PM1.17m
Low Tide
1:36AM0.49m
2:32PM0.63m
3:11AM0.59m
4:35PM0.63m
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Temp °C
21
19
19
18
19
18
17
17
17
16
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19
19
16
15
Feels °C
22
20
20
18
19
17
15
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14
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15
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18
17
15
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