Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Issued: 4 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Woody Head sea temperature is

21.3°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 (07 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 12AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (07 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	8s
Afternoon (07 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s
Evening (07 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun night, light winds from the S by Mon morning).
	Fri 6				Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	ENE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	E 9	E 9	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	228	249	213	169	137	154	99	90	70	77	69	122	58	58	435	561	906	1223	1895	1406	1020	1325
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NW	N	NE	NNE	NNE	NNW	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			7:16PM1.29m				7:50AM1.43m				7:57PM1.24m					8:27AM1.50m				8:35PM1.19m
Low Tide	1:20PM0.45m				1:27AM0.33m					2:08PM0.41m			1:57AM0.32m					2:52PM0.39m				2:26AM0.32m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	7:13
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	20	20	20	18	16	18	24	26	24	23	22	19	18	18	18	16	18	17	16	14	14
Feels °C	20	17	18	19	17	15	17	23	24	22	22	21	15	13	14	14	9	11	9	10	10	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	NE 11	E 11	E 10	SSE 9
kJ	228	249	213	169	137	154	99	90	70	51	50	31	58	58	41	41	24	79	5	57	47	721
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	—	E 9	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 11	E 11	NE 12	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	E 10
kJ	50	35	35	35	36	53	60	60	58	—	58	58	20	8	5	23	36	6	35	5	5	48
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 13	E 14	ENE 4	E 13	NE 4	NE 4	—	—	E 12	S 8	S 8	E 12	E 12	NNE 6	NE 12	N 6	—	—	—	NE 11
kJ	4	4	4	4	9	4	4	4	—	—	3	30	29	11	12	3	6	3	—	—	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	ENE 4	ENE 4	NE 4	—	—	—	NE 4	ENE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	S 8	S 5	S 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 10
kJ	—	—	14	13	12	—	—	—	9	77	69	122	40	129	435	561	906	1223	1895	1406	1020	1325
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	4	2	4	4
Distance (km)	26	84	108	58	5	0	0	9	400	239	85	5	28	94	94	7	333	333	304	134	4	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2			1	2	2	1	2	2					4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	2	3	5	5	5	2	3	3	4	3	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	8	8	7	6	7	5	5	5	5	9	8	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	4

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