Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Issued: 9 am 14 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woody Head sea temperature is

20.5°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 (14 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 1PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (14 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the N on Mon morning, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon).
	Monday 14						Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	ENE 5	NE 5	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 9	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	75	93	62	49	48	39	41	29	30	30	25	84	107	154	39	22	402	724	880	1410	1838	2133
Wind (km/h)	WNW	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	SW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			10:08AM1.46m				10:20PM1.29m				10:46AM1.44m				10:56PM1.18m				11:27AM1.40m
Low Tide					4:21PM0.40m				4:20AM0.39m				5:06PM0.47m				4:50AM0.44m				5:55PM0.55m


	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	18	20	19	18	17	16	14	14	19	22	21	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	16	15
Feels °C	13	17	17	15	15	15	15	13	13	17	19	17	16	19	17	13	11	11	11	9	7	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SE 8	ENE 5	ENE 5	E 5	ENE 5	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 14	E 14	E 13	NE 13	NE 13
kJ	75	93	62	49	48	35	28	20	20	16	19	18	18	62	39	22	14	4	4	3	7	7
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 14	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 13	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	E 10	E 10	E 15	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 12	E 14	E 14	—	—	—	—
kJ	19	17	16	16	15	15	28	29	30	30	2	2	4	7	7	3	4	4	—	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSE 12	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 15	E 15	E 12	E 15	E 12	E 15	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	8	8	8	8	2	2	14	2	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	4	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 5	ENE 3	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 5	—	—	—	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	—	S 4	S 6	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	—	—	9	8	25	39	41	—	—	—	25	84	107	154	—	31	402	724	880	1410	1838	2133
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4
Distance (km)	0	9	84	299	131	77	5	5	5	9	305	1666	239	5	4	93	299	333	1248	1248	912	716
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1			1	1	1	1	1				2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	6	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	6	6	5	6	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	6	6	5	5	5

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