The Pass, Byron Bay Surf Report & Forecast

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Current Surf Conditions

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Condition Rating

LOTUS Forecast
POOR TO FAIR

Surf Height

2-3FT

Thigh to waist

LOTUS Forecast

Swell

4.2FT8s
ENE68º
2.5FT7s
SE128º
1.3FT10s
SSE160º
LOTUS Forecast

Wind

11KTSE

15kts gusts, Cross-shore

Model Forecast
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Tide

2.5FT

Temperature

71°F

spotName Wind & Weather
66ºF

1mm wetsuit

Peter Aquilina

Northern NSW Forecast

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Today

Slight uptick in ENE swell with light morning winds, best early before weak afternoon sea breezes.

A good bump in short period ENE swell delivering head to 1-2ft OH high surf for the open beaches, touch smaller along the points. Mostly clean surf in the morning with light SSE winds trending SE during the afternoon. The S coast points possibly slow at dawn under the high tide, shaping up more through the morning with clean walls and occ longer runners. Best dawn - mid morning for open breaks and cleanest all day on the points.

INCOMING: Trade swell serves up fun surf for points

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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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