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Chinamans Surf Forecast
/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Chinamans surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 03 Oct 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Chinamans today?
The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 12PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 03). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Oct) | 5ft (1.6m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (03 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
| Evening (03 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Chinamans. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | Sunday 05 | Mon 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 26 | 345 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 101 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 813 | 588 | 424 | 356 | 301 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:57AM 1.01 | 4:58PM 1.55 | 5:42AM 1.15 | 5:42PM 1.63 | 6:23AM 1.30 | 6:25PM 1.67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:27AM 0.38 | 11:45PM 0.13 | 11:21AM 0.28 | 12:21AM 0.02 | 12:11PM 0.19 | 12:56AM -0.06 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | Sunday 05 | Mon 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 5:46 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast
The wind is still cross-off at Chinamans (light winds from the S at Ballina Airport Automatic Weather Station 34 km from Chinamans). 0.5m 7s swell from the NE with a 0.3m 6s windswell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
34 km away, 1 h 40 min ago
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