Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
24.7° 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 8PM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)--
Afternoon (15 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
E
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
1.3
NNE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
S
0.3
ESE
0.5
S
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
SSE
0.4
NE
1.9
S
2
SSE
Period(s) (?)9991299141413131313613139138568667
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111797969848610110092878756109555540313742272214284360
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
W
5
NW
15
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
WSW
15
WSW
30
S
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00PM
1.49
7:12AM
1.52
7:41PM
1.61
7:55AM
1.51
8:23PM
1.70
8:39AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:48PM
0.41
1:06AM
0.45
1:24PM
0.36
1:54AM
0.40
1:59PM
0.33
2:43AM
0.36
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise------6:03-------6:05-------6:05-
Sunset-5:28-------5:27-------5:25------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242322211917172124242321181818252926252220191921
Feels °C (?)222020212018182222222120181715212624252015141518
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