Woody Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 29.36° S 153.38° E

Issued: 10 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Woody Head sea temperature is

21.3°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 5s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woody Head at 5PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	6s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	5s
Evening (03 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 3						Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 6	E 4	NE 5	NE 6	NE 7	ENE 7	E 8	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 8	S 6	E 8	S 7	S 7	NE 7	E 9	ESE 9	SSE 5	E 9	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	20	12	34	17	85	206	103	59	29	19	58	20	25	32	32	31	23	39	138	52	36	310	268	244
Wind (km/h)	NW	NE	ENE	E	N	NW	WNW	WNW	SSW	SSE	ESE	ENE	ESE	ENE	WNW	WNW	WNW	S	ESE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	on	on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				4:32PM1.39m					5:32AM1.11m				5:35PM1.36m				6:26AM1.22m				6:29PM1.33m
Low Tide		9:55AM0.57m					11:29PM0.40m				11:16AM0.54m				00:15AM0.37m				12:23PM0.50m				00:54AM0.34m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	7:09
mm	1	—	—	13	7	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	23	25	21	20	18	19	18	19	23	23	22	21	20	19	19	21	27	25	21	19	19	18	17
Feels °C	20	24	25	20	19	17	18	16	19	23	22	21	22	23	20	18	18	25	23	18	16	17	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	ENE 6	SSE 5	ENE 5	SE 9	S 8	NE 7	ENE 7	E 8	ENE 8	NNE 7	ENE 8	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 6	E 9	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 8
kJ	20	12	4	16	3	5	103	59	29	19	9	20	25	28	32	31	19	39	11	38	36	35	35	35
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	SSE 4	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 8	SE 9	S 8	S 9	NNE 7	NNE 7	S 8	SSE 5	ENE 8	E 8	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	S 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6
kJ	5	4	8	8	5	3	1	6	17	18	1	4	21	32	20	21	23	18	3	8	4	4	3	3
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	SSE 9	NE 8	S 5	—	S 17	SE 9	S 16	S 8	WNW 3	S 13	NNE 7	NNE 6	ENE 4	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 6	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14
kJ	3	8	3	2	—	6	3	5	6	2	3	4	4	2	21	21	22	10	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	E 6	E 4	NE 5	NE 6	NW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	—	E 8	E 3	ENE 3	—	—	—	WNW 2	—	ESE 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8
kJ	—	—	34	17	85	206	2	6	5	—	58	5	4	—	—	—	1	—	138	52	159	310	268	244
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2
Distance (km)	62	138	694	77	77	85	9	9	5	28	116	296	7	0	0	0	0	0	77	84	7	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1			1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	1	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	1	4	5	5	4	2	1	3	4	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5

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