Woolgoolga surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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
25.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Woolgoolga today?

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga at 2PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
SSE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)6665556611667877788888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)472647484458252522272122463332324646454646615766
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
N
25
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
5
W
5
ESE
5
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NW
0
NW
5
W
0
E
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
S
5
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:48AM
1.56
8:17PM
1.25
8:25AM
1.60
8:54PM
1.37
9:03AM
1.59
9:32PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:20PM
0.07
2:08AM
0.13
2:52PM
-0.00
2:52AM
0.07
3:24PM
-0.04
3:36AM
0.04
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------
Sunset---7:02-------7:00-------7:00----
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------11132
Temp. °C202426252323222222242424232222212123242322212120
Feels °C (?)192223232324242424252424242424232325242322222322
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