Wamberal Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.43° S 151.46° E

Issued: 3 am 17 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Wamberal Beach sea temperature is

18.3° C

Wamberal Beach 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 Wamberal Beach today (17 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Wamberal Beach at 6AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Afternoon (17 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	6s
Evening (17 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	6s

Table - waves today at Wamberal Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri night, min 14°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	1	1	2	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 6	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	168	113	71	51	48	64	66	68	72	86	145	136	145	183	245	334	386	1030	1116	1018	901	755	740	666
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	SE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide					10:34AM1.22m				10:30PM1.64m				11:22AM1.24m				11:16PM1.49m				12:10PM1.26m
Low Tide			4:29AM-0.02m				4:09PM0.28m				5:11AM0.04m				5:03PM0.34m				5:52AM0.13m				6:01PM0.41m


	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:06	—	—
mm	1	1	—	—	1	—	—	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	16	16	16
Feels °C	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	13	14	14	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	E 6	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 6	SSE 21	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	ENE 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	168	113	71	51	48	64	66	68	72	86	44	46	45	45	27	25	176	1030	1116	1018	901	755	740	666
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	ESE 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 9	S 10	—	SSE 21	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 20	SSE 19	S 9	S 8	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 16	S 14	S 13
kJ	11	34	45	37	39	25	23	15	41	48	—	43	41	40	37	36	24	22	103	101	96	85	96	126
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 19	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 21	S 21	S 21	—	S 18	S 18	S 18	SE 18	SSE 19	SSE 18	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SE 16	SE 16
kJ	27	20	20	20	19	20	21	21	9	36	35	—	6	6	6	13	69	63	22	12	12	11	11	10
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 5	S 5	ESE 7	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 8	E 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	8	145	136	145	183	245	334	386	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	1	1	3
Distance (km)	19	19	19	18	0	0	2	2	6	2	2	2	26	26	26	26	116	32	32	32	32	17	48	19
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1										1	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	6	9	7	9	9	7	6	6	6	6	5	5

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