Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Woody Head today (11 Nov):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 9PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 11). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (11 Nov) | - | - |
| Afternoon (11 Nov) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (11 Nov) | 3ft (0.9m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Woody Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Warm (max 26°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Sat 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | SSE 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | S 8 | NE 5 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | E 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 196 | 157 | 130 | 103 | 220 | 121 | 67 | 65 | 62 | 62 | 46 | 74 | 74 | 37 | 30 | 19 | 29 | 60 | 101 | 192 | 39 | 33 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | cross-on | glassy | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 10:22PM1.05m | 10:48AM1.54m | 10:58PM1.01m | 11:25AM1.49m | 11:38PM0.97m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:50PM0.42m | 3:58AM0.37m | 5:30PM0.45m | 4:32AM0.41m | 6:13PM0.49m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  |  | | |  |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 |
 | — | 7:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | 7:16 |
mm | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
Temp °C | 26 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 |
Feels °C | 24 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | NE 6 | SSE 9 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | NE 6 | NE 6 | S 8 | S 7 | SSE 7 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 196 | 157 | 56 | 103 | 82 | 36 | 67 | 65 | 62 | 62 | 46 | 46 | 37 | 37 | 21 | 11 | 29 | 28 | 17 | 52 | 39 | 33 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | SSE 9 | E 10 | SE 9 | SSE 9 | NE 6 | NE 6 | SE 11 | E 10 | E 9 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | S 8 | SSE 8 | E 9 | SE 8 | E 8 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | E 9 |
| kJ | 17 | 17 | 130 | 17 | 81 | 68 | 24 | 19 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 24 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NNE 10 | S 12 | E 10 | S 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | NE 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SE 8 | — | E 7 | E 8 | E 9 | SSE 7 |
| kJ | 11 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 3 | — | 4 | 22 | 25 | 15 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 4 | NNE 5 | N 6 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | — | — | ENE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | — | — | — | NE 6 | NE 5 | NNE 6 | NNE 6 | — | — |
| kJ | 16 | 61 | 190 | 92 | 220 | 121 | — | — | 33 | 33 | 20 | 74 | 74 | — | — | — | 26 | 60 | 101 | 192 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 400 | 119 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 1257 | 1255 | 77 | 131 | 9 | 0 |
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