Woolgoolga 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.11° S 153.20° E

Issued: 3 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woolgoolga sea temperature is

20.4°C

Woolgoolga 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 today (02 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga at 8AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (02 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	5s
Evening (02 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Sat morning, light winds from the SSW by Sun night).
	Friday 2								Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	SE 11	SSE 11	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	49	31	38	21	43	87	92	89	98	88	73	82	138	107	151	100	128	148	147	167	270	286	572	630
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	11:20PM1.02m				11:59AM1.50m				00:30AM0.92m					1:10PM1.45m				1:57AM0.87m				2:28PM1.44m
Low Tide			5:08AM0.23m				6:51PM0.30m				6:08AM0.31m					8:16PM0.32m				7:26AM0.37m				9:38PM0.28m


	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:49	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	14	20	21	20	18	17	16	14	14	20	21	20	19	18	18	15	16	21	23	21	19	19
Feels °C	13	12	12	17	17	16	15	15	14	12	12	17	16	17	18	17	16	13	14	18	19	18	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 5	ENE 5	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 9	S 9	ENE 6	S 18	S 17	ENE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 17	S 9	ENE 7	ENE 8
kJ	49	31	33	21	9	9	9	4	4	88	73	82	2	2	114	6	6	148	147	167	6	2	307	336
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 11	ENE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 10	—	SE 10	S 9	S 9	S 18	S 18	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 16	S 16	S 17	S 9	S 16	S 9	S 9
kJ	29	12	22	9	4	4	4	2	—	4	2	2	6	6	2	2	2	5	5	6	2	5	2	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	SE 11	SSE 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 9	—	—	S 18	—	S 10	S 16	S 9	S 18	S 18	S 13	S 16	S 15
kJ	7	29	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	6	—	2	21	2	6	6	3	5	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 3	N 3	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNW 3	NNW 3	—	ENE 7	ENE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NW 3	N 3	N 4	ENE 8	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	2	2	3	5	43	87	92	89	98	1	3	—	138	107	151	100	128	1	5	9	270	286	572	630
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Mullaway NSW - North Coast	Mullaway NSW - North Coast	Mullaway NSW - North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	National Park QLD - Sunshine Coast	National Park QLD - Sunshine Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Mullaway NSW - North Coast	Mullaway NSW - North Coast	Dreamtime NSW - North Coast	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Old Woman Island - South Side QLD - Sunshine Coast	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Corindi Beach NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Newcastle -The Harbour NSW - Newcastle	Pambula Rivermouth NSW - Far South	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2
Distance (km)	5	5	5	47	415	415	317	200	200	5	5	215	239	387	200	317	47	1	8	220	340	819	168	47
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1					1	1	1	1	1			1		2	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	3	1	2	4	5	5	5	5	6	1	2	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	7
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7

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