Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 16 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Woody Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Woody Head sea temperature is
25.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Woody Head today?

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 6AM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.8
ESE
1
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.9
NE
1.1
NNE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
Period(s) (?)7777777777777710996588888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2372252121811451241189794579245343382516558665743333337
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
20
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NE
15
E
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:54PM
1.21
9:15AM
1.64
9:32PM
1.28
9:50AM
1.65
10:10PM
1.34
10:27AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42AM
0.40
3:48PM
0.40
3:22AM
0.37
4:19PM
0.36
4:03AM
0.36
4:51PM
0.34
Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise----6:28-------6:28-------6:28---
Sunset-------7:31-------7:30-------7:30
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232221212023242423222018192628272524232222272626
Feels °C (?)222221202022232322222118182627252526252423292626
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