Diamond Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 AEDT
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Diamond Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Diamond Head sea temperature is
21.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Diamond Head today?

The current surf forecast for Diamond Head at 10AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (05 Dec)5ft (1.6m)6s
Evening (05 Dec)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.1
NNE
1.1
NE
1.6
NE
1.9
NE
1.9
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.7
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.7
NNE
2.4
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
3
NNE
3.5
NNE
2.2
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.2
NE
1.3
SSE
1.4
S
Period(s) (?)666666677777777888887767
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10710477721502612772882542292292515057737619211399602408276217156136181
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
15
N
10
N
15
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
10
N
15
N
10
NNE
10
NNW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
1.38
9:51PM
0.85
10:15AM
1.41
10:46PM
0.83
11:05AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:40AM
0.08
4:06PM
0.08
3:28AM
0.10
5:00PM
0.08
4:18AM
0.13
5:53PM
0.10
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise--5:35-------5:35-------5:35-----
Sunset-----7:42-------7:43-------7:43--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------1412
Temp. °C191721292828242119192331312925232222242622202020
Feels °C (?)181620272526232118182129282624222323252520192020
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