Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Issued: 10 am 10 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woody Head sea temperature is

21.5°C

Woody Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Woody Head today (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 11s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 5PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	11s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Evening (10 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Wed morning, min 17°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, calm by Thu night).
	Tuesday 10						Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	369	344	308	273	273	202	198	168	140	200	164	142	282	165	132	68	50	49	41	47	47	46	68	36
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	NNE	NNE	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	NW	SSE	SSE	ESE	SSW	S	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	off	glassy
High Tide		9:37AM1.57m				9:47PM1.10m				10:12AM1.56m				10:22PM1.05m				10:48AM1.54m				10:58PM1.01m
Low Tide				4:11PM0.40m				3:26AM0.35m				4:50PM0.42m				3:58AM0.37m					5:30PM0.45m			4:32AM0.41m


	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45
	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	21	23	23	22	20	19	18	20	27	25	23	21	20	20	20	20	26	23	22	22	21	20	19
Feels °C	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	18	20	27	24	25	22	20	21	21	20	27	22	22	23	23	22	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NNE 6	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6
kJ	318	243	238	273	273	202	198	108	108	200	164	142	113	103	70	46	31	49	41	47	47	46	68	19
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	SE 11	SE 11	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 11	SE 11	NNE 6	E 10	S 12	SSE 9	E 10	E 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	NE 6	E 10	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 8
kJ	369	344	308	176	137	111	108	168	140	15	17	11	106	8	8	68	50	19	17	9	12	17	19	36
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 10	E 11	—	E 11	E 11	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	E 10	S 12	N 15	E 10	S 11	NE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 11	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 5
kJ	14	17	20	—	20	20	33	17	21	17	3	4	17	2	4	8	7	7	5	16	14	13	13	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 11	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 5	N 6	—	NNW 3	NNE 6	NE 4	NE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NW 3	NW 2	—	NE 6	ESE 3	SSE 4	S 4	—	—
kJ	—	—	5	39	91	61	106	—	4	61	22	120	282	165	132	1	1	—	23	4	4	7	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	1	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	58	305	649	85	5	0	5	0	58	458	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	7	84	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4			3	3	3	3	3	2		2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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