Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Issued: 10 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woody Head sea temperature is

20.8°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 6PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Evening (04 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4						Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 8	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	20	20	43	20	25	32	33	33	33	39	56	65	138	257	268	226	196	212	228	212	137	111	99	73
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	ESE	E	E	NE	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	SSW	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide	5:32AM1.11m				5:35PM1.36m				6:26AM1.22m				6:29PM1.33m				7:11AM1.33m				7:16PM1.29m
Low Tide			11:16AM0.54m				00:15AM0.37m				12:23PM0.50m				00:54AM0.34m				1:20PM0.45m				1:27AM0.33m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	7:10
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	24	23	22	21	20	18	18	21	29	29	22	20	19	18	17	17	19	21	20	20	19	18	16
Feels °C	20	24	22	21	22	22	19	17	19	25	27	19	17	17	16	16	16	19	19	17	17	18	17	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 8	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8
kJ	20	20	10	20	25	27	24	15	33	39	56	56	51	50	268	226	196	212	228	212	137	111	99	73
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 8	SSE 5	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 5	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	NE 4	E 9
kJ	19	19	1	7	21	32	33	33	8	11	8	4	4	3	50	52	51	50	35	35	35	35	9	36
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 8	S 13	NE 6	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	S 5	S 5	E 15	E 15	E 15	NNE 6	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 9	ENE 4
kJ	6	5	3	10	11	9	10	10	10	4	2	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	36	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 3	—	E 8	E 3	ENE 3	ENE 3	—	—	WNW 3	WNW 2	—	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 6	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	—
kJ	3	—	43	5	4	2	—	—	1	1	—	65	138	257	—	—	—	—	—	4	12	14	24	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	5	28	84	92	7	0	0	58	58	5	0	84	84	4	0	0	0	0	7	134	85	77	5	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	1		1	1	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	1	4	1	4	1	5	3	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	2	4	4
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