Emerald Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Emerald Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Emerald Beach sea temperature is
25.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Emerald Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Emerald Beach at 3PM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (25 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (25 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


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Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
3
1
0
1
0
3
2
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.3
E
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)101011121212121212121111111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)830865123517862058190917381717159714381274110466960453443131923119213813811311051
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
S
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
20
SSW
10
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:04PM
0.90
2:47AM
1.44
3:35PM
0.86
4:07AM
1.43
5:02PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:27AM
0.32
7:42PM
0.33
9:57AM
0.34
9:04PM
0.39
11:18AM
0.29
10:33PM
0.38
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:54-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:52-------6:50----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202324242321191919252726242323242225262420181716
Feels °C (?)192223232422192019262524242322242021191814131312
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