Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Woody Head sea temperature is
20.0°C
1.3° 

Woody Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Woody Head today (09 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 10PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)--
Afternoon (09 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (09 Oct)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Mon morning, min 18°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun morning).

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SSE
9
0.8
SE
11
0.9
SE
11
0.8
SE
11
1.1
SE
10
1
SSE
10
1.6
NNE
7
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.5
SSE
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.8
ENE
9
0.8
NE
5
0.8
NE
6
1.3
NNE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
203
147
202
168
225
200
212
142
123
70
68
43
28
26
26
24
84
35
38
109
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
20
N
25
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
0
E
15
E
15
NE
15
NE
10
N
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
8:24PM1.44m
8:50AM1.44m
9:03PM1.38m
9:26AM1.50m
9:39PM1.31m
Low Tide
2:16PM0.35m
2:39AM0.30m
3:01PM0.33m
3:07AM0.30m
3:42PM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
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Temp °C
24
22
21
20
19
18
20
27
22
19
19
19
18
18
19
25
26
23
24
22
Feels °C
21
18
17
17
17
17
17
24
21
17
17
19
17
18
19
26
24
23
23
22
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