Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 24 Dec 2025 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
23.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Woody Head today?

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 3AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (25 Dec)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (25 Dec)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.9
SSE
0.3
NE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)888988136777777766612129999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46626380509427310419394349324303244230269255255184140227222177181
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
W
5
SW
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:19AM
1.06
12:32PM
1.50
1:11AM
1.08
1:18PM
1.45
2:10AM
1.12
2:10PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:39PM
0.42
5:50AM
0.48
7:22PM
0.41
6:43AM
0.53
8:06PM
0.40
7:47AM
0.57
Wed
24
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunrise----5:45-------5:45-------5:46---
Sunset-------7:45-------7:46-------7:46
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11-1-11-11------
Temp. °C242422212325252422212120212020201919191819212121
Feels °C (?)252725232624222121192018201817161516181717191919
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