Byron Bay - The Wreck Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (28.64° S 153.61° E)

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Byron Bay - The Wreck surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST

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

Today's Byron Bay - The Wreck sea temperature is 21.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Byron Bay - The Wreck today?

The current surf forecast for Byron Bay - The Wreck at 6AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 18). 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Evening (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	5s

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

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	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NNW	E	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSE	NE	NE	SE	SE	SE	NE	NNE	N	NW	NNE	N	S	S	S	N	ENE
Period(s) (?)	5	11	6	6	7	7	7	5	7	7	6	6	6	7	4	4	5	5	6	10	9	9	6	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	46	9	75	68	59	43	52	47	41	41	42	53	54	62	31	36	31	45	103	16	14	14	68	10
Wind (km/h)	NW	S	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSW	SW	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			5:29AM 1.01				5:49PM 1.58				6:13AM 1.12				6:29PM 1.61				6:50AM 1.22					7:05PM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	11:52PM 0.24				11:12AM 0.23				12:29AM 0.17				12:01PM 0.17					1:01AM 0.12			12:43PM 0.13

	Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	19	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	17	20	22	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	21	24	22	20
Feels °C (?)	22	18	17	18	17	16	18	18	18	18	18	21	21	19	18	16	16	17	18	17	19	23	21	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Byron Bay - The Wreck (fresh winds from the SSW at Cape Byron Automatic Weather Station 2 km from Byron Bay - The Wreck). 0.5m 3s local chop from the SSW with a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 19 minutes ago Byron Bay - The Wreck

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