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Hat Head Surf Photo: 'Hat Head' by Simon Ward

Lat Long: 31.05° S 153.06° E

Issued: 9 am 21 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Hat Head sea temperature is

21.0° C

Slightly warmer than usual

Hat Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
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Open ocean wave model on 21 January at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

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	SSE	ESE	E	SSE	E
	12 s	cross	5 s	12 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 January at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	ESE	ESE	SSE	ENE
	11 s	cross	5 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 21 January at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	E	ESE	SSE	ENE
	11 s	glass	4 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SE	E	SSE	ENE
	11 s	cross- off	6 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SSE	E	SSE	ENE
	11 s	cross- off	6 s	11 s	7 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SE	E	SSE	E
	11 s	cross- off	6 s	11 s	6 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SE	E	SSE	E
	11 s	cross- off	6 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SE	E	SSE	E
	11 s	cross- off	6 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SE	E	SSE	E
	11 s	cross- off	7 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January at 7 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	ESE	E	SSE	E
	11 s	cross	7 s	11 s	9 s

Open ocean wave model on 22 January at 10 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SE		E	SSE
	10 s	cross- off		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January at 1 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SSE		E	SSE
	10 s	glass		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January at 4 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	S		E	SSE
	10 s	cross- off		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January at 7 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SSE		E	SSE
	10 s	cross- off		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January at 10 am

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	SE		E	SSE
	10 s	cross- off		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January at 1 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

3 hours earlier	Peak Waves	Wind	Wind Waves	Swell 1	Swell 2	3 hours later
	SSE	E		E	SSE
	10 s	cross		7 s	10 s

Open ocean wave model on 23 January at 4 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Hat Head around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 25 minutes before low water (at low spring tide). Tide height was -0.0m (-0.1 ft). Range 2.01m (6.6 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Hat Head Surf Photo: 'Hat Head' by Simon Ward

Hat Head beach in the summer (Jan 22nd)

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User: Simon Ward (1 photo)

Country: Australia (2654 photos)

Photo taken at: 4:30 pm 22 Jan 2011

Mike
No surf, but looks lovely!