Woolgoolga 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.11° S 153.20° E

Issued: 9 am 20 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Woolgoolga sea temperature is

20.4°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 (20 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Woolgoolga at 2PM is: 0.2m 18s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s
Afternoon (20 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	12s
Evening (20 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	19s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 28°C on Mon morning, min 18°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Mon night).
	Sunday 20						Monday 21								Tuesday 22
	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	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 10	SSE 11	S 11	E 11	NNE 5	SSE 6	SSE 7	SSE 11	SE 10	SSE 9	SE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	30	29	30	48	41	69	110	123	102	101	57	35	38	91	2	5	232	274	687	490	156	149
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	WNW	WSW	WNW	NNE	ENE	NE	NW	S	S	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	E
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide				3:23PM1.23m					4:07AM0.83m				4:24PM1.29m				5:03AM0.91m				5:11PM1.36m
Low Tide		8:10AM0.49m					10:31PM0.45m			9:31AM0.47m					11:19PM0.36m				10:34AM0.40m


	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:40	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	24	25	23	20	21	20	20	20	27	28	27	23	19	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19
Feels °C	15	20	19	18	18	19	18	17	17	23	22	22	21	15	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 12	SSE 11	NE 5	NE 5	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9
kJ	23	28	29	48	41	11	13	123	102	101	36	35	38	2	1	1	30	109	687	490	156	64
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 8	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 9	NE 5	NE 5	SSE 17	SSE 16	NE 3	E 7	E 11	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	—	S 20	S 19	SSE 12
kJ	29	23	15	15	11	38	33	28	7	7	57	25	3	1	2	5	1	1	—	8	7	55
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 17	SSE 18	SSE 19	SSE 19	SSE 18	NE 5	SSE 9	SSE 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 16	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 21	S 18	E 15	S 20	N 5	S 19
kJ	30	29	30	32	35	69	110	10	15	13	1	1	24	1	1	1	9	6	4	8	1	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NE 2	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 5	—	—	—	—	NE 5	NE 3	NNE 4	S 11	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	SE 6	SE 7
kJ	—	—	2	17	20	42	—	—	—	—	6	5	7	91	75	166	232	274	—	—	104	149
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	6	317	317	47	1	0	0	0	1	47	142	0	218	178	106	77	169	169	169	47	47
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Rating (10 max)	1	1				1	1	1	2	2		1	1		1		1	1	2	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	2	6	6	1	5	5	5	5	1	4	3	5	9	5	6	3	9	8
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	8	9	9	7	8	8	5	5	5	4	4	6	8	9	8	6	5	9	9

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