Winkipop surf break

Winkipop surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 AEDT
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Winkipop surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Winkipop sea temperature is
19.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Winkipop today?

The current surf forecast for Winkipop at 3PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (17 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (17 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s

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

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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.5
NE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
NE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
ESE
0.7
S
0.8
E
0.7
S
1.3
ENE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
1.5
NE
1.5
NE
Period(s) (?)888877678887777697855666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)427355264159160193265232258187124705345335276686374129228175177
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
ENE
10
ENE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
1.15
6:24PM
1.34
7:09AM
1.25
7:09PM
1.32
7:42AM
1.33
7:49PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
0.43
12:53AM
0.22
1:05PM
0.36
1:26AM
0.21
1:48PM
0.30
1:56AM
0.22
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:11-------6:09-------6:09-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:08-------7:09----
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part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---11-------------------
Temp. °C233034231917161617181818171717161719212019181718
Feels °C (?)202731222013121315161514141415151516161514161617
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Winkipop (light winds from the WNW at Cromer wx 9 km from Winkipop). 0.5m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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WNW
Clean
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