Emerald Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 09 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
25.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Emerald Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Emerald Beach at 6PM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 09). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (09 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (09 Mar)5ft (1.6m)7s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
3
1
0
3
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
2
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.2
E
Period(s) (?)888867788888899999101111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2052392342532062472673163163183933963924824924494595397868901075123615131369
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
S
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
1.01
1:10AM
1.27
1:09PM
0.90
2:08AM
1.21
2:15PM
0.81
3:21AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
0.40
6:23PM
0.31
7:41AM
0.49
7:03PM
0.39
8:58AM
0.54
8:00PM
0.46
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:10-------7:09----
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
13344443231---1---------
Temp. °C232323232322222223242525232322212224252523222020
Feels °C (?)232424232322222122222324222323222325252423221919
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