Woolgoolga 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.11° S 153.20° E

Issued: 3 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woolgoolga sea temperature is

20.0°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 (09 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga at 7AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Evening (09 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Wed night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the S by Wed night).
	Wednesday 9								Thursday 10								Friday 11
	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)	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	2	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 11	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	SSE 10	SE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	465	338	295	295	293	262	238	205	48	765	1003	1026	1209	983	1152	1041	1018	941	477	440	363	450	335	657
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	W	NE	ENE	E	SSE	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	S	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	S	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:31AM1.15m				6:45PM1.69m					7:16AM1.26m				7:28PM1.69m				7:57AM1.35m				8:08PM1.63m
Low Tide	00:42AM0.07m				12:17PM0.12m					1:21AM0.01m				1:06PM0.07m				1:57AM-0.02m				1:52PM0.05m


	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	1	1	1	1
Temp °C	15	14	13	18	19	18	18	17	16	14	14	17	18	18	16	15	14	14	14	15	17	17	17	16
Feels °C	12	13	12	16	15	16	16	13	10	7	7	10	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	11	13	13	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 8	SE 8	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	ESE 11	ESE 11	E 15	ESE 10	E 15	SSE 23	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 8	E 13	ESE 7	SSE 10
kJ	465	338	295	295	293	262	238	205	48	68	4	59	4	53	755	618	644	499	62	104	120	4	111	282
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 9	—	E 16	E 16	E 14	ESE 13	ESE 13	ESE 12	E 16	E 16	S 18	E 15	E 15	E 15	SSE 23	SSE 22	SSE 21	ESE 8	SSE 18	E 14	E 13	NE 13	E 13	ESE 7
kJ	16	—	5	5	4	18	16	28	5	5	24	4	4	4	52	99	87	87	64	4	4	7	4	114
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	E 16	E 16	—	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 15	S 23	E 15	NE 15	E 15	E 15	E 15	SSE 18	E 14	ENE 14	S 22	S 21	E 13	E 14
kJ	4	5	5	—	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	11	4	8	4	4	4	67	4	18	9	9	14	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	—	S 3	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	SSE 10	SE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	6	280	765	1003	1026	1209	983	1152	1041	1018	941	477	440	363	450	335	657
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	71	169	387	6	6	169	61	47	106	174	106	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	77	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	2		2	2	2	2	3				4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	9	8
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Rating (10 max)	7	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	9	6	5	9	5	7	8	8	9	9	5	5	9	9

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