Woolgoolga Back Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
26.2° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woolgoolga Back Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga Back Beach at 5PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.6
E
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)14888888810101010999887777889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)334446464949474794125122115837871665868132171203300448547
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
1.44
10:53PM
1.59
11:06AM
1.31
11:39PM
1.59
11:55AM
1.16
12:31AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:32PM
-0.02
5:11AM
0.09
5:09PM
0.05
6:06AM
0.17
5:50PM
0.13
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---6:58-------6:55-------6:54----
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-11--111111112111323311-
Temp. °C202324242322212021232424232222202122242423232222
Feels °C (?)202324232422211920212324232322202121242322222019
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