Woody Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Woody Head sea temperature is
20.6°C
0.0° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 5PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (05 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (05 Sep)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 28°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SSE
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.4
SSE
8
0.9
NE
5
1.2
NNE
5
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
9
0.5
NE
6
0.5
NE
6
0.5
SE
9
1
SE
4
1.4
SSE
5
1.7
SSE
7
1.7
SSE
8
1.9
S
8
1.8
S
8
1.5
SSE
8
1.5
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
68
40
39
23
32
73
31
27
18
19
36
35
95
265
331
500
432
299
385
348
274
213
Wind (km/h)
10
WNW
10
NNW
20
NNE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
10
WSW
15
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
2:55PM1.44m
3:28AM0.98m
4:13PM1.49m
4:49AM1.02m
5:21PM1.55m
Low Tide
7:47AM0.51m
10:01PM0.56m
9:07AM0.52m
11:18PM0.50m
10:26AM0.48m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:56
5:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:32
5:34
5:34
 mm
Temp °C
16
22
25
24
22
23
23
21
22
28
26
20
19
18
16
15
15
18
20
19
19
18
Feels °C
15
21
22
21
21
21
20
18
19
25
24
17
15
15
14
13
13
16
18
16
17
17
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