Emerald Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 23 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
26.0° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Emerald Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Emerald Beach at 8AM is: 0.5m 14s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (23 Mar)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
2
3
2
2
0
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.9
E
0.5
NE
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
Period(s) (?)1481477788899999999991010121312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)91109991542232293364074885245956236867027887887167507667821076187123852451
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
5
ESE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:39PM
1.59
11:55AM
1.16
12:31AM
1.55
12:51PM
1.01
1:33AM
1.49
2:04PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06AM
0.17
5:50PM
0.13
7:09AM
0.25
6:39PM
0.23
8:27AM
0.32
7:42PM
0.33
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--6:50-------6:52-------6:52-----
Sunset-----6:54-------6:53-------6:52--
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111212332111-13321------
Temp. °C212121222323222222222323242322222120212324242322
Feels °C (?)222222222423222122212222232222232119212324252524
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