Chinamans surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Tuesday 06 Jan 2026 AEST
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Chinamans surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Chinamans sea temperature is
24.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Chinamans today?

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 8PM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm January 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)--
Afternoon (06 Jan)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (06 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Chinamans. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)16161699999914141414661466667777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40403941414040393933323131242531384456658385108143
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
0
ENE
5
WSW
5
SSW
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
10
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34PM
1.10
10:42AM
1.74
11:22PM
1.11
11:22AM
1.58
12:12AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:05AM
0.19
5:27PM
0.09
4:52AM
0.30
6:05PM
0.15
5:42AM
0.43
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise------4:54-------4:54-------4:54-
Sunset-6:49-------6:49-------6:49------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C252524242322222525252423232323242524232322212224
Feels °C (?)252625262625252525252423252524252322222222222324
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