Woolgoolga 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.11° S 153.20° E

Issued: 4 am 13 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woolgoolga sea temperature is

20.3°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 (13 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga at 10AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (13 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	6s
Evening (13 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14								Thursday 15
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 6	SSE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	S 9	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	299	65	54	36	43	24	19	25	25	25	263	720	819	840	497	430	257	255	183	185	221	245	209	201
Wind (km/h)	NNW	W	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	W	W	SW	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on
High Tide				10:17AM1.56m				10:30PM1.11m				10:54AM1.51m					11:08PM1.02m				11:33AM1.44m
Low Tide		3:48AM0.12m				4:44PM0.19m				4:18AM0.18m					5:27PM0.26m			4:51AM0.26m					6:13PM0.33m


	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:11	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:09	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:55	—	—
mm	—	—	1	—	2	2	4	2	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	22	25	22	24	23	25	21	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	18	18	18	17	17
Feels °C	22	24	22	23	23	27	23	22	19	14	13	12	11	10	11	11	11	13	13	14	13	14	13	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 8	E 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 9	—	E 15	E 15	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	S 8	ESE 7	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	89	65	54	36	21	19	14	23	12	25	39	—	4	4	220	277	202	71	183	115	221	245	209	201
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 5	S 5	E 8	E 9	E 9	NE 6	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 9	NE 10	S 18	E 9	E 9	S 8	S 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	ESE 6
kJ	19	19	11	19	2	9	19	25	25	6	25	24	24	21	4	6	39	27	86	43	35	23	23	66
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	S 6	NE 12	N 11	N 11	S 5	S 5	NE 10	NE 9	NNE 9	E 15	E 15	E 15	—	NE 10	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 13	—	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 9
kJ	1	1	1	5	3	2	8	4	4	3	9	4	4	4	—	4	26	73	102	—	4	3	3	23
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	—	—	—	NE 7	NE 6	NE 3	—	S 3	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 9	S 9	SE 7	—	ESE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	—
kJ	299	—	—	—	43	24	5	—	11	100	263	720	819	840	497	430	257	255	—	185	135	99	96	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	1	2	1
Distance (km)	1	0	5	75	75	6	6	0	6	161	367	415	106	106	47	47	6	6	0	19	106	8	106	77
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1						2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	5	4	4	2	1	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	8	6	7	7	4	4	7	4	5	4	4	7	5	5

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