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Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 20 Jan 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
25.1° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woody Head today?

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 7PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
4
3
3
3
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.1
ESE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.7
SSE
2.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)888771111111111111110111111101010101111106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)310294270294278291101712561067915828762748698712698549538450370328286578434
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
0
SSE
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
NE
25
NNE
15
NNE
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:14AM
1.64
10:31PM
1.17
10:50AM
1.63
11:11PM
1.21
11:26AM
1.60
11:54PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53PM
0.39
4:13AM
0.38
5:27PM
0.37
4:54AM
0.40
6:01PM
0.36
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise6:03-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset---7:49-------7:49-------7:47----
clear
rain showers
light rain
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11-------------------1-
Temp. °C202324242321191820232424222119182028302826252323
Feels °C (?)182020201919171618212121212219171928282727242121
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