Wategos surf break

Wategos surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 25 Oct 2025 AEDT
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Wategos surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wategos sea temperature is
21.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wategos today?

The current surf forecast for Wategos at 2AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 25). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (26 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (26 Oct)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1.3
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.8
NNE
2.2
N
2.1
N
2.2
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.7
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.2
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.6
N
0.4
NNE
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)999999955678887778888776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5757575757563969102240507501567258245301284250226202993817119
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
N
25
NNE
30
N
30
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
5
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:55PM
0.97
11:27AM
1.41
11:39PM
0.90
12:16PM
1.36
12:35AM
0.85
1:13PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:23PM
0.33
4:41AM
0.28
6:12PM
0.39
5:21AM
0.35
7:10PM
0.43
6:11AM
0.41
Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Sunrise----5:58-------5:56-------5:56---
Sunset-------7:00-------7:00-------7:01
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1123
Temp. °C212020192024282524242423273333332422212019191818
Feels °C (?)212020192125272422222222263132322719171616151414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Wategos (moderate winds from the N at Cape Byron Automatic Weather Station 1 km from Wategos). 0.6m 9s swell from the E with a 0.5m 4s local chop, also from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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22 km/h
N
Onshore
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