Surf-Forecast | Woolgoolga Back Beach Surf Guide

Lat Long: 30.12° S 153.21° E

Issued: 3 pm 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woolgoolga Back Beach sea temperature is

19.7° C

Woolgoolga Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Woolgoolga Back Beach Surf Guide

Woolgoolga Back Beach in North Coast - New South Wales is an exposed beach break that has fairly consistent surf. Autumn and winter are the optimum times of year for waves. Ideal winds are from the northwest. Waves just as likely from local windswells as from distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the southeast. The beach break provides left and right handers. Sometimes crowded. Watch out for dangerous rips.

Woolgoolga Back Beach Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	19.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Woolgoolga Back Beach:

The best conditions reported for surf at Woolgoolga Back Beach occur when a Southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northwest.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Woolgoolga Back Beach Location Map

Interactive Woolgoolga Back Beach surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Woolgoolga Back Beach Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 4 August 2026, 23:37 Local Time

m, °C	Tue		Wed
ft, °F	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Wave (m)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E
Period (s)	7	9	11	10
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

Tides at Woolgoolga Back Beach

Current tide and informaton

For Emerald Beach, 7 km from Woolgoolga Back Beach.

Next High Water: 11:46pm | 1.26m

Next Low Water: 06:11am | 0.15m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
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Woolgoolga Back Beach Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feeling like 20.0 °C once we account for wind), yet at 19.7 °C the sea remains several degrees colder than the air at Woolgoolga Back Beach. The majority of surfers will need a spring wetsuit though a summer suit or even a shorty may suffice for a short session.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 19.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite