Emerald Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (30.18° S 153.19° E)

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Emerald Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST

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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 19.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 2PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s
Evening (18 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	5s

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

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	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	59	47	49	40	40	42	55	59	61	46	46	31	28	49	119	123	110	129	153	153	113	78	35	26
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	SE	ESE	E	NE	N	NW	NW	NNE	NE	NE	N	N	NNW	N	NNW	NW	WNW	SW	WSW	WSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	5:38AM 1.01				5:49PM 1.52				6:23AM 1.11				6:33PM 1.55					7:02AM 1.21				7:10PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			11:16AM 0.28				12:32AM 0.15				12:08PM 0.22					1:06AM 0.11			12:52PM 0.17					1:36AM 0.08

	Thursday 18						Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	20	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	20	24	23	21	19	17	15
Feels °C (?)	15	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	19	18	18	19	17	17	18	16	19	23	23	19	17	14	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Emerald Beach (moderate winds from the S at Coffs Harbour Airport 17 km from Emerald Beach). 0.6m 6s windswell from the NE with a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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