Woolgoolga Back Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.12° S 153.21° E

Issued: 4 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woolgoolga Back Beach sea temperature is

20.8°C

Woolgoolga Back Beach 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 Woolgoolga Back Beach today (05 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga Back Beach at 10PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thu 5				Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 5	NE 6	E 9	E 9	S 6
Wave Graph
kJ	111	56	161	217	401	238	277	239	251	274	237	180	137	96	75	73	49	47	52	40	41	263
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	ESE	E	ENE	NNE	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NNE	NNW	W	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			6:07PM1.32m				6:52AM1.37m				6:53PM1.27m				7:31AM1.48m				7:36PM1.22m
Low Tide					00:30AM0.11m				1:01PM0.27m				1:05AM0.10m				1:48PM0.22m				1:38AM0.10m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	7:14
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	25	21	19	18	16	16	17	19	20	20	19	18	16	16	18	26	27	24	23	22	18	17
Feels °C	23	17	15	14	13	14	16	18	17	17	17	17	15	15	16	24	24	23	25	20	13	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	E 9	E 9	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 9
kJ	4	56	54	49	303	238	277	239	251	274	237	180	137	96	75	73	49	47	52	28	24	41
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 8	E 9	E 9	NE 6
kJ	23	4	4	4	49	49	50	50	50	34	35	35	35	35	37	38	41	41	32	40	41	10
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	E 15	E 15	E 15	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 14	E 14	E 14	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 13	E 13	E 14	—	N 12	E 9	SSE 7	E 12	E 12
kJ	5	4	4	4	1	1	1	4	4	4	2	1	1	3	3	4	—	3	40	31	12	11
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NNE 6	—	N 2	N 3	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 6	—	S 4	S 6
kJ	111	52	161	217	401	—	—	—	—	—	2	15	—	2	4	6	9	42	126	—	29	263
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	72	113	105	7	7	1	0	78	78	169	0	0	0	0	0	0	275	154	0	1	113	47
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1			2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	2	2	5
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