Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 22 Mar 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
26.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woody Head today?

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 6PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 22). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
ESE
0.9
ENE
1.6
E
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)101010101010998788888999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125158177158154148127146120108114300406473509631761661664593588757790739
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
1.41
11:56PM
1.64
12:13PM
1.29
12:47AM
1.61
1:07PM
1.17
1:48AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
0.40
5:24PM
0.37
6:23AM
0.46
6:05PM
0.43
7:26AM
0.53
6:53PM
0.51
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---6:55-------6:54-------6:52----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
Rain (mm)
1111-122223211--11----1-
Temp. °C202224232323212021222324232323222223242424222120
Feels °C (?)202224232324222122232323222222202020212021212018
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