Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 22 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
26.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woody Head today?

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 10AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.5
E
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
E
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
1.9
E
1.9
E
2.1
ESE
Period(s) (?)8101010101010109987888889999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)651251251581771581541482301541209791265416485562631778870948593588660
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
1.64
11:26AM
1.41
11:56PM
1.64
12:13PM
1.29
12:47AM
1.61
1:07PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
0.40
5:24PM
0.37
6:23AM
0.46
6:05PM
0.43
7:26AM
0.53
6:53PM
0.51
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:50-----
Sunset-----6:55-------6:54-------6:52--
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111111-132222111-1-11---
Temp. °C212120232424232221212122232423232322222324242322
Feels °C (?)222120232424232322222222232322222221212021212121
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