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Woolgoolga surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Wednesday 21 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
24.0° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Woolgoolga today?

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga at 9AM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
1
0
1
2
3
3
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.7
SSE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.6
SE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111010101011111110710109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12641056890873742784784814799689576530485433433346237251253289271396315308
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
5
N
20
ENE
10
NE
25
S
35
S
25
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crossononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34AM
1.67
11:01PM
1.13
11:09AM
1.62
11:43PM
1.16
11:46AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
0.14
5:12PM
0.07
4:42AM
0.17
5:46PM
0.07
5:25AM
0.23
6:22PM
0.08
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise--6:03-------6:05-------6:05-----
Sunset-----7:51-------7:50-------7:50--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------1111-11
Temp. °C202021232424222019182029282725232221222222222121
Feels °C (?)191919212122211918161929272924202021232323222121
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