Woolgoolga Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.11° S 153.20° E

Woolgoolga 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 21 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Woolgoolga sea temperature is
19.8° C
0.2° 

Woolgoolga surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Woolgoolga today (21 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with E swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga at 6AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (21 Aug)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (21 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
E
7
0.9
E
7
0.9
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.6
ESE
7
1
ENE
7
1
N
5
1.1
NE
6
1
NE
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.5
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.8
NE
6
0.5
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.5
ENE
7
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
SSE
11
0.5
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
97
77
77
60
61
37
83
52
80
64
33
22
30
49
26
36
36
40
31
29
32
30
42
54
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
SSE
5
E
10
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
1:46AM0.84m
2:58PM1.23m
3:12AM0.80m
4:07PM1.26m
4:31AM0.82m
5:04PM1.33m
Low Tide
7:39AM0.41m
10:01PM0.53m
8:51AM0.44m
11:11PM0.47m
10:03AM0.42m
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:13
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:24
5:25
5:25
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
16
14
14
17
20
19
18
16
15
14
14
17
19
18
18
17
16
16
16
18
18
18
17
16
Feels °C
13
11
11
14
16
15
15
14
14
12
13
16
18
18
17
15
14
15
14
15
15
16
16
15
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Woolgoolga surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest