Hat Head Beach
New South Wales · Australia
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Hat Head Beach is a E-facing sand beach on the Australia shoreline, opening onto the Tasman Sea — it catches NE–SE swell, and offshore SW–NW winds tidy the banks through october–april.
Today's surf at Hat Head Beach
Updated 13:51 spot time
Hat Head Beach surf report for Thursday 1 Oct: waves 1.5 m head high to overhead, 0.7 m ESE swell at 7.05 s. Wind up to 25 km/h NNE. Water 20°C. Best surf window around 21:00 — good (3.5/5) with 25 km/h NNE wind.
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10-day forecast
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Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~21.7°C (71.1°F) on average
Jan
25.1°C
77.2°F · 22.8–27.7°C
Feb
25.9°C
78.6°F · 24.4–27.4°C
Mar
25.7°C
78.3°F · 24.4–26.8°C
Apr
24.7°C
76.5°F · 22.3–25.7°C
May
23.3°C
73.9°F · 21.6–25.1°C
Jun
21.8°C
71.2°F · 20.5–22.9°C
Jul
20.4°C
68.7°F · 18.5–21.8°C
Aug
20.4°C
68.7°F · 18.8–21.8°C
Sep
20.5°C
68.9°F · 18.9–22.3°C
Oct
21.7°C
71.1°F · 19.9–23.5°C
Nov
22.8°C
73°F · 20.9–24.2°C
Dec
23.7°C
74.7°F · 20.8–25.5°C
25-year monthly averages from the NOAA OISST satellite record — typical range min–max, not a live reading.
Know before you go
Best swell
NE–SE
Best wind
SW–NW
Break type
Beach break
Best season
October–April
Safety: Friendly by surf standards, but rip currents and drop-in etiquette still apply. Shifting sandbars create moving rip currents — learn to spot them and use them to get out back. Sharks are part of the ecosystem here — avoid dawn, dusk and murky rivermouth water.
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