Woody Head Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 AEST

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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 20.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Woody Head today?

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 8PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	4ft (1.2m)	5s
Evening (16 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

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

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	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	SSE	SSE	NE	NE	NE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	12	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	5	5	7	7	7	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	56	150	185	135	291	204	58	42	49	277	265	69	42	42	36	33	36	70	72	54	49	65	80	86
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	NNE	N	NW	W	S	S	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	W	WNW	WNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:06PM 1.45				4:50AM 0.98				5:13PM 1.48				5:50AM 1.05				6:07PM 1.51				6:37AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)					11:18PM 0.50				10:21AM 0.54				12:13AM 0.46				11:28AM 0.49				12:55AM 0.42

	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	19	18	17	16	16	23	27	24	26	24	21	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	20
Feels °C (?)	18	18	15	16	16	14	14	21	25	22	26	23	20	14	16	16	16	17	17	19	18	18	18	20

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Woody Head (light winds from the N at YambaPilotStation 8 km from Woody Head). 1.7m 6s windswell from the NE to make surfable waves.
59 minutes ago Woody Head

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Actual: 59 min ago

7 km/h

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