Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.12° S 153.21° E

Woolgoolga Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woolgoolga Back Beach sea temperature is
21.1°C
0.0° 

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


How big are the waves at Woolgoolga Back Beach today (13 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga Back Beach at 10PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Oct)--
Afternoon (13 Oct)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (13 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

Table - waves today at Woolgoolga Back Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 32mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
NE
7
1.3
NNE
6
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.4
E
9
1.2
SSE
5
1.9
SSE
6
2.1
SE
7
1.8
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
1.6
S
8
1.4
S
8
1.7
SE
7
1.8
SSE
8
1.2
ESE
7
1.1
SE
7
0.9
SSE
11
1
SSE
11
1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
63
127
24
24
25
70
268
466
394
449
333
283
295
414
141
115
209
249
231
209
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
10
NNE
5
NNW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
10:30PM1.11m
10:54AM1.51m
11:08PM1.02m
11:33AM1.44m
Low Tide
4:18AM0.18m
5:27PM0.26m
4:51AM0.26m
6:13PM0.33m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
heavy rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
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6:11
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6:09
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6:54
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6:54
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6:55
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 mm
2
2
11
2
1
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
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Temp °C
23
24
20
19
18
18
18
17
17
17
16
16
15
16
16
18
18
18
18
17
Feels °C
23
25
22
17
15
14
13
13
13
12
11
11
11
12
13
14
15
14
14
13
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