Broken Head Beach

New South Wales, Australia

Sand

Visibility is 0.5 km. Fog or rain can hide other surfers and the horizon. Be careful in the water.

Right now

Conditions at 5:00 AM Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Good

Chest-high (1.4 m) at 9 s, heading toward NNW, with moderate offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

1.4 m

NNW

9 s

Wind

11 km/h

ENE

Offshore

Tide

0.8 m

Falling

Weather

11 °C

Partly cloudy

21 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Good

1.5 m · 9 s

NNW

3 km/h · 7 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

0.9 m

Clear · 15 °C

1 AM

Good

1.5 m · 9 s

NNW

4 km/h · 8 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.9 m

Clear · 13 °C

2 AM

Good

1.5 m · 9 s

NNW

9 km/h · 15 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 12 °C

3 AM

Good

1.5 m · 9 s

NNW

12 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1 m

Mostly clear · 11 °C

4 AM

Good

1.5 m · 9 s

NNW

11 km/h · 21 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.9 m

Partly cloudy · 11 °C

5 AM

Good

1.4 m · 9 s

NNW

11 km/h · 20 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.8 m

Partly cloudy · 11 °C

6 AM

Good

1.4 m · 9 s

NNW

10 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.7 m

Partly cloudy · 11 °C

7 AM

Good

1.4 m · 9 s

NNW

8 km/h · 18 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 14 °C

8 AM

Good

1.4 m · 9 s

NNW

3 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

0.6 m

Clear · 19 °C

9 AM

Good

1.4 m · 9 s

NNW

2 km/h · 12 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

0.6 m

Clear · 23 °C

10 AM

Good

1.3 m · 9 s

NNW

7 km/h · 19 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

0.8 m

Clear · 24 °C

11 AM

Good

1.3 m · 9 s

NNW

10 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

0.9 m

Clear · 24 °C

12 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

NNW

12 km/h · 30 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.1 m

Clear · 24 °C

1 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

NNW

14 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

SW

Onshore

1.3 m

Clear · 24 °C

2 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

NNW

16 km/h · 36 km/h gusts

SSW

Onshore

1.4 m

Clear · 24 °C

3 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

NNW

17 km/h · 37 km/h gusts

SSW

Onshore

1.4 m

Clear · 23 °C

4 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

NNW

17 km/h · 37 km/h gusts

SSW

Onshore

1.4 m

Clear · 23 °C

5 PM

Fair

1.3 m · 9 s

NNW

17 km/h · 36 km/h gusts

SSW

Cross-shore

1.3 m

Clear · 22 °C

6 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NNW

18 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

1.1 m

Clear · 20 °C

7 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NNW

18 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.9 m

Clear · 20 °C

8 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NNW

18 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.7 m

Clear · 20 °C

9 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NNW

17 km/h · 34 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 19 °C

10 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NNW

16 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 19 °C

11 PM

Fair

1.2 m · 9 s

NNW

15 km/h · 29 km/h gusts

S

Cross-shore

0.6 m

Clear · 18 °C

Nearby spots

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