Woody Head Surf Break

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 20 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Woody Head sea temperature is
20.1° C
0.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Woody Head today (21 Aug):

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 12AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)--
Afternoon (21 Aug)--
Evening (21 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ESE
7
1.1
ENE
7
1.1
ENE
7
0.9
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
1
ENE
7
0.5
E
7
0.5
E
6
0.8
ENE
7
1
NE
6
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.5
E
7
0.8
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
164
102
113
73
58
58
59
88
25
21
56
79
34
35
36
53
24
54
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
2:00AM0.99m
3:12PM1.30m
3:17AM0.94m
4:21PM1.33m
Low Tide
8:43PM0.71m
7:57AM0.59m
10:08PM0.71m
9:01AM0.60m
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:24
5:25
 mm
Temp °C
18
17
16
15
15
17
19
19
17
17
16
15
14
17
19
21
19
18
Feels °C
15
14
14
13
13
15
16
15
13
14
13
13
12
15
18
19
17
16
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Woody Head surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest