Emerald Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 02 Apr 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
24.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Emerald Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Emerald Beach at 9PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.7
ENE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ENE
1.1
ESE
1.2
E
1.3
ESE
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)777777777777777711710109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10310310610310369110113139117138100937474524031250262302202230340
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
E
10
E
0
SE
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
1.49
9:37AM
1.32
10:01PM
1.51
10:11AM
1.23
10:35PM
1.51
10:45AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12PM
0.06
3:40AM
0.14
3:40PM
0.08
4:18AM
0.17
4:08PM
0.13
4:57AM
0.21
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-
Sunset-6:43-------6:42-------6:40------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------2----1131----14
Temp. °C242422222120192223232222212121212223222020192020
Feels °C (?)242323252221192223232122212020191919181616151818
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