Chinamans surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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
21.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Chinamans today?

The current surf forecast for Chinamans at 4AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (19 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Evening (19 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.4
NE
1.5
NE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)65666664555101010105512121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)453015393844674785926553705168103115137174177228220371426
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
20
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
30
NE
35
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
SW
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossonononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36PM
1.12
7:11AM
1.56
7:16PM
1.08
7:44AM
1.60
7:55PM
1.05
8:19AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
0.18
1:41PM
0.29
1:04AM
0.19
2:21PM
0.26
1:37AM
0.21
3:00PM
0.24
Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise----4:41-------4:41-------4:41---
Sunset-------6:20-------6:21-------6:22
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020192022222221212018192425242322222222222222
Feels °C (?)191820191920181817181818192322212121232424212120
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