Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Woody Head sea temperature is
20.1°C
1.2° 

Woody Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Woody Head today (08 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 9PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)--
Afternoon (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (08 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun morning).

Thu
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SSE
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1
SSE
9
0.8
SE
11
0.9
SE
11
0.8
SE
11
1.1
SE
10
1
SSE
10
1.6
NNE
7
0.9
SSE
10
0.9
SE
9
0.7
SSE
9
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
329
290
261
222
190
194
194
194
172
147
202
168
220
204
212
161
123
71
53
43
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
15
E
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
25
NE
35
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
15
NW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
7:43PM1.47m
8:12AM1.36m
8:24PM1.44m
8:50AM1.44m
9:03PM1.38m
Low Tide
1:28PM0.39m
2:07AM0.31m
2:16PM0.35m
2:39AM0.30m
3:01PM0.33m
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
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Temp °C
19
18
18
17
17
15
15
21
23
22
21
20
18
18
19
26
22
21
20
21
Feels °C
16
15
17
17
16
14
13
19
19
17
18
18
16
17
17
23
22
19
19
20
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