Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Issued: 10 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woody Head sea temperature is

21.0°C

Woody Head 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 Woody Head today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 5PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.7m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 9	E 9	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	33	55	56	56	83	135	204	296	277	250	228	192	184	190	137	137	96	67	58	58	62	58	58	58
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	N	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	SE	ESE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	SSW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	6:26AM1.22m				6:29PM1.33m				7:11AM1.33m				7:16PM1.29m				7:50AM1.43m				7:57PM1.24m
Low Tide			12:23PM0.50m				00:54AM0.34m				1:20PM0.45m				1:27AM0.33m					2:08PM0.41m			1:57AM0.32m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	7:12
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	28	29	25	20	19	18	17	17	20	20	20	20	19	17	16	17	24	26	26	24	22	20	18
Feels °C	18	27	28	22	17	16	15	15	16	18	18	17	18	19	16	15	16	23	24	24	23	21	18	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	E 9
kJ	33	55	56	56	51	50	50	50	277	250	228	192	184	190	137	137	96	67	48	44	57	58	22	58
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 5	S 5	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	E 9	NE 6
kJ	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	3	52	50	50	35	35	35	52	53	59	61	58	58	31	29	58	11
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	E 15	NE 6	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 13	E 14	NE 4	E 13	E 14	NNE 4	—	—	E 12	E 12	SSE 8	E 12
kJ	8	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	1	—	—	3	3	19	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 2	WNW 2	—	SSE 3	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	—	—	—	—	NE 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	N 4	NE 3	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	—	S 4
kJ	1	1	—	9	83	135	204	296	—	—	—	—	1	1	6	3	—	7	6	44	62	39	—	35
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
Distance (km)	28	0	0	28	131	7	26	0	0	7	7	84	85	58	5	5	5	9	360	239	85	5	0	85
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1			1	2	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	1	3	5	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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