Byron Bay - The Wreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.61° E

Issued: 3 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Byron Bay - The Wreck sea temperature is

20.6°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Byron Bay - The Wreck today (05 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Byron Bay - The Wreck at 8AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (05 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (05 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	5s

Table - waves today at Byron Bay - The Wreck. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 29°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Saturday 5								Sunday 6								Monday 7
	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	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 11	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	SSE 12	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	E 10	E 10	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	127	213	95	94	60	40	44	39	43	53	30	27	27	28	17	17	337	509	470	377	693	693	566	459
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	WSW	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SE	ESE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off
High Tide		1:39AM0.89m				2:48PM1.42m				3:16AM0.87m					4:05PM1.52m				4:35AM0.93m				5:07PM1.63m
Low Tide				7:35AM0.32m				9:55PM0.40m				9:00AM0.30m					11:06PM0.29m				10:17AM0.23m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:32	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	17	21	23	22	20	20	20	21	22	28	29	23	20	19	18	16	15	18	20	19	19	18
Feels °C	18	17	17	21	21	20	18	18	18	19	19	25	29	21	16	16	15	13	12	15	17	16	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 13	SSE 11	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 8	SSE 11	SSE 10	S 10	NNE 6	NNE 6	S 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	SSE 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	S 10
kJ	127	213	92	94	60	40	21	39	35	48	82	82	27	82	85	53	41	31	470	377	693	693	566	459
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 5	SSE 11	NNE 5	SSE 14	E 10	SSE 12	S 8	E 10	E 10	S 10	S 9	E 10	S 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	NNE 6	SSE 10	NNE 6	E 9	E 9	NE 9
kJ	17	11	95	11	40	28	44	21	18	18	30	27	17	28	17	17	17	16	23	141	14	15	15	20
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	E 9	NNE 5	E 9	E 9	SSE 12	E 10	E 10	S 8	N 9	E 10	E 10	S 19	E 10	S 19	S 10	—	—	E 10	NNE 6	E 9	NNE 6	NE 6	E 9
kJ	14	27	11	27	14	30	32	32	11	2	18	18	7	17	7	17	—	—	16	15	15	6	5	14
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 5	NNE 5	NNE 4	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 6	N 6	—	NNE 6	SE 3	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	13	30	32	37	43	53	144	—	82	1	80	184	337	509	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	1
Distance (km)	2	0	2	2	215	336	13	13	13	6	6	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	13	13	2	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1			1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	9	5	1	1	4	2	1	4	4	5	3	1	5	4	4	5	4	4	8	4	4	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	9	9	5	4	5	5	9	9	9	7	6	5	5	6	5	8	7	9	8	7	8	7	5

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