Byron Bay - The Wreck 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.64° S 153.61° E

Issued: 4 am 15 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Byron Bay - The Wreck sea temperature is

21.0°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 (15 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Byron Bay - The Wreck at 12PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	7s
Afternoon (15 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	7s
Evening (15 Oct)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SE 7	SE 7	SSE 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	581	546	253	203	178	163	217	351	338	320	510	448	507	186	148	139	639	694	667	653	416	365	312	370
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					11:29AM1.43m				11:36PM0.93m				12:17PM1.35m				00:29AM0.85m				1:14PM1.28m
Low Tide		4:43AM0.24m					6:06PM0.38m				5:21AM0.32m				7:04PM0.45m				6:08AM0.40m					8:14PM0.48m


	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:07	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:53	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—
mm	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	19	18	18	16	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	18	18
Feels °C	15	14	14	15	14	15	14	15	14	15	14	16	16	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	14	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	ENE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	E 8	SSE 10	E 9	S 10	S 10	S 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	ENE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	40	40	253	203	125	80	217	351	338	320	37	448	38	186	148	139	38	55	51	24	416	365	312	370
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	SSE 16	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 13	SSE 12	S 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 9	SSE 12	E 9	—	SSE 13	E 10	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	18	51	54	57	178	150	58	36	36	36	38	38	39	52	54	88	39	—	35	18	23	37	37	35
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 17	—	SSE 15	SSE 14	ENE 9	E 8	E 8	E 13	N 11	—	—	—	—	SE 13	SE 13	E 8	—	—	SSE 13	—	ENE 10	—	SSE 13	SSE 12
kJ	29	—	76	116	43	37	36	4	2	—	—	—	—	44	78	52	—	—	18	—	33	—	65	104
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SSE 10	—	SE 10	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 6
kJ	581	546	211	165	163	163	127	128	103	85	510	—	507	119	119	115	639	694	667	653	83	83	102	64
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	1
Distance (km)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	53	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	3	3	5	3	3	3	3	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4

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