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Woolgoolga Back Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Woolgoolga Back Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Woolgoolga Back Beach sea temperature is
23.9° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woolgoolga Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga Back Beach at 7AM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (17 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
SE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.4
SE
1.6
SE
1.2
SE
1.9
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
SSE
2
ESE
Period(s) (?)77776711101081010999999888898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11193897370757992117155235251332388247588851741511448390338372560
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
S
25
SE
15
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:12AM
1.55
8:29PM
0.97
8:50AM
1.61
9:07PM
1.01
9:25AM
1.66
9:44PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
0.24
2:56PM
0.24
2:07AM
0.19
3:31PM
0.18
2:46AM
0.16
4:06PM
0.13
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Sunrise--6:01-------6:01-------6:03-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:52-------7:51--
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
4221----143--3141--11322
Temp. °C232221242525242322212224252423222120212323222222
Feels °C (?)272220232425252321202224252522222018202222202020
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