Emerald Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 25 Oct 2025 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Emerald Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Emerald Beach at 12AM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 25). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Oct)--
Afternoon (26 Oct)--
Evening (26 Oct)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
1.4
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)999999556677888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)826262626240911661731972442732772842171721351131169494995129
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
SSW
15
SSE
20
SE
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
0.96
11:30AM
1.41
11:48PM
0.90
12:15PM
1.36
12:42AM
0.84
1:10PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.30
6:16PM
0.35
5:24AM
0.36
7:11PM
0.40
6:10AM
0.42
Sat
25
Sunday
26
Monday
27
Tuesday
28
Sunrise----5:58-------5:56-------5:56---
Sunset-------7:04-------7:05-------7:05
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------------12133
Temp. °C201919181926242422222222252930242119171616161616
Feels °C (?)191819181825232523232119222829221814121113131313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Emerald Beach (moderate winds from the N at Coffs Harbour Airport 17 km from Emerald Beach). 0.6m 3s local chop from the NE with a 0.5m 8s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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26 km/h
N
0.0
19.7
Air / Water (°C)
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