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Diamond Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 20 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
24.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Diamond Head today?

The current surf forecast for Diamond Head at 8PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
1.9
SE
2
SE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111110101010111111111111121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29962948263524292161198517241808170685088414051326128113061439131313691363132612201214906785
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:26AM
0.92
10:50PM
1.32
11:22AM
0.85
11:46PM
1.29
12:25PM
0.79
12:49AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
0.18
5:31AM
0.18
4:58PM
0.24
6:36AM
0.23
5:57PM
0.31
7:49AM
0.26
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:11-------6:13-------6:13-
Sunset-5:22-------5:22-------5:21------
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cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
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part cloud
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181717171920201917161616171920201817171718
Feels °C (?)161616161515151616171715141414151618181616161617
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