Pippi Beach
New South Wales · Australia
Rating right now
An open E-facing sand beach on the Coral Sea near New South Wales, Pippi Beach works on NE–SE groundswell; SW–NW winds offshore, with conditions most reliable october–april.
Today's surf at Pippi Beach
Updated 12:55 spot time
Pippi Beach surf report for Thursday 1 Oct: waves 1.0 m–1.5 m head high to overhead, 1.0 m SSE swell at 9.7 s. Wind up to 21 km/h NE. Water 21°C. Best surf window around 13:00 — good (3.5/5) with 19 km/h ENE wind.
Snapshot refreshed hourly — the live hourly forecast below updates in real time.
10-day forecast
Local time · updates hourly
Wave height & period
Wind
| Time | Rating | Waves | Swell | Wind | Air |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Water temperature by month
This month: ~21°C (69.8°F) on average
Jan
24.9°C
76.8°F · 22.4–26.7°C
Feb
25.6°C
78.1°F · 24.1–27.1°C
Mar
25.7°C
78.3°F · 24.3–26.9°C
Apr
24.7°C
76.5°F · 23.4–26.2°C
May
23°C
73.4°F · 21.2–24.4°C
Jun
21.3°C
70.3°F · 19.9–22.4°C
Jul
20.2°C
68.4°F · 18.2–21.3°C
Aug
19.8°C
67.6°F · 19–21.5°C
Sep
20.2°C
68.4°F · 18.7–21.1°C
Oct
21°C
69.8°F · 18.2–22.9°C
Nov
22.3°C
72.1°F · 21.1–23.3°C
Dec
23.4°C
74.1°F · 19.7–24.9°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.
Nearby spots
Convent Beach
New South Wales · Australia
Yamba Main Beach
New South Wales · Australia
Turners Beach
New South Wales · Australia
Whiting Beach
New South Wales · Australia
Barri Beach
New South Wales · Australia
Green Point Beach
New South Wales · Australia
More beaches in New South Wales →see all spots in New South Wales, Australia
New to reading forecasts?
Two short guides that make the numbers above make sense.