Woody Head Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

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Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST

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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 20.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Woody Head today?

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 9PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s

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

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	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	SSE	SE	NE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	5	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	25	66	44	30	59	54	62	76	56	46	66	80	62	188	43	47	37	23	21	14	10	10	10	16
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SW	W	WNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	N	NW	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	SW	SSW	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			6:07PM 1.51				6:37AM 1.13				6:53PM 1.52					7:16AM 1.22				7:32PM 1.51				7:52AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	11:28AM 0.49				12:55AM 0.42				12:23PM 0.43					1:29AM 0.39				1:09PM 0.39				1:58AM 0.37

	Thursday 18				Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	20	23	21	20	19	18	18	18	19	22	23	21	19	17	16	16	19
Feels °C (?)	17	16	19	19	19	17	17	20	21	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	20	21	19	17	15	13	14	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Woody Head (light winds from the N at YambaPilotStation 8 km from Woody Head). 1.3m 6s windswell from the SSE with a 0.6m 5s windswell, also from the SSE and a 0.3m 7s swell, also from the ENE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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1 h 29 min ago

7 km/h

Clean

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