Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
25.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Woody Head today?

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 5PM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s
Afternoon (25 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (25 Mar)8ft (2.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
E
1.7
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.7
S
2.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)1010111112121212121111111111111110101010101078
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)784878110213651597173115701444134210429118437458627112912652121701279896258561
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
WNW
5
W
15
NNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15PM
1.07
3:00AM
1.53
3:42PM
1.03
4:20AM
1.51
5:11PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:43AM
0.59
7:53PM
0.58
10:12AM
0.61
9:12PM
0.63
11:35AM
0.59
10:41PM
0.63
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:51-------6:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202425242322201919252726242322222226282622181716
Feels °C (?)192324232324212020262625232323242022222017131212
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