The Pass, Byron Bay Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR

Surf Height

3-4FT

Observed

Waist to chest

Smart Cam

Swell

4.1FT9s
ENE77º
2FT7s
SE142º
0.8FT9s
SSE168º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

6KTSWSW

7kts gusts, Cross-shore

Model Forecast
Satellite map of location

Tide

1.6FT

Temperature

68°F

spotName Wind & Weather
59ºF

2mm wetsuit

Max Stanley-Jones

Northern NSW Forecast

Max Stanley-Jones •

Today

E'ly swell tapering back further, chest to head high and a clean morning with offshore winds.

Another day for those beachies. Our E'ly swell is down around the chest to head high range, still holding a bit of power, and offering a couple of fun bigger waves through the morning low tide.

With light SW offshores at dawn it'll be worth grabbing a wave whilst this E swell is sticking around. We'll see bumpy conditions through the afternoon with a southerly switch and then a relatively light onshore flow. The protected bays offer a cleanish waist to stomach high log wave for the day.

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The Pass, Byron Bay Surf Guide

For surfers, the "Bay" part isn't what defines Byron, it's more the Cape, which does in fact stick further out into the Pacific than any other piece of Aussie mainland. Naturally enough, there's a considerable quantity of surf spots in the area.

On the tip of the Cape there's Watego's and Little Watego's. Kind of a combination reef/sand pointbreak, it produces slow rights.

From there the whole thing opens up into The Pass, Byron's serious point. A long, winding right, it's depe... 
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