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Emerald Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
23.6° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 6PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (15 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
2
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
1.7
NNE
2
NE
1.9
NE
1.9
NE
2
NE
2.1
NE
1.9
NE
2.1
NE
1.5
E
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
E
Period(s) (?)888777776677677777777788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12816521462186209189178200295360371213368332332357385352385226397395337
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
25
NE
5
N
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
20
N
40
NE
25
N
15
NNW
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		glassglassoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02PM
0.89
7:33AM
1.47
7:48PM
0.93
8:12AM
1.55
8:29PM
0.97
8:50AM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:41AM
0.29
2:19PM
0.30
1:26AM
0.24
2:56PM
0.24
2:07AM
0.19
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise------6:00-------6:01-------6:01-
Sunset-7:52-------7:52-------7:52------
clear
clear
light rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
--162111-512312312113231
Temp. °C252523222222222527252423222221222424242222212224
Feels °C (?)242325242323242524242627252422232425262222212122
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