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Woolgoolga surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 22 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Woolgoolga surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Woolgoolga sea temperature is
23.8° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woolgoolga today?

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga at 7AM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (23 Jan)6ft (1.8m)8s
Evening (23 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
3
3
0
0
0
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.4
ESE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)1111788889910101010999999999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)389281452507620500433418293339274258258212201164190186186182182186203253
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
35
S
30
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
NNE
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNE
30
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscrosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:43PM
1.16
11:46AM
1.54
12:29AM
1.20
12:27PM
1.42
1:21AM
1.24
1:15PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
0.23
6:22PM
0.08
6:15AM
0.30
7:00PM
0.10
7:13AM
0.37
Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise----6:05-------6:07-------6:07---
Sunset-------7:50-------7:50-------7:49
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---1--------------------
Temp. °C252322212022222221212120212424242322222121272727
Feels °C (?)232019201921222221222321222422222322232222272627
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