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Woody Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 14 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
23.3° C
 (Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woody Head today?

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 3AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)677777777777776666667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)145144149150155155112112136132181130209209129154190132117226214145176176
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
5
ESE
5
ESE
15
NNE
15
NW
10
N
30
NE
30
NE
10
N
20
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
SSW
10
S
10
SE
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15PM
0.98
7:06AM
1.43
7:08PM
0.99
7:49AM
1.49
7:54PM
1.02
8:28AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:59PM
0.50
1:54PM
0.60
12:48AM
0.47
2:35PM
0.55
1:33AM
0.44
3:12PM
0.51
Wed
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise----6:00-------6:01-------6:01---
Sunset-------7:50-------7:50-------7:49
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---------13----412111112
Temp. °C242322212225262524242223222728262524232323252625
Feels °C (?)242424232325262424272525242928252826272726272928
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