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)

Surf Forecasts:

Emerald Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 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 20.6° C
(Which is 1.8°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 5AM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	4s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	5s
Evening (19 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Tue 18		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	NE	NE	ESE	ENE	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NE	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	6	4	10	7	4	4	4	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	39	12	20	17	20	20	58	134	165	190	114	73	108	92	107	195	237	254	241	152	180	220	205	371
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NNE	N	N	WNW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	7:45PM 1.11					8:13AM 1.52				8:23PM 1.08				8:46AM 1.56				9:00PM 1.05				9:20AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			1:38AM 0.17					2:43PM 0.23				2:10AM 0.17				3:20PM 0.20				2:42AM 0.19				3:58PM 0.20

	Tue 18		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	18	18	20	23	23	22	21	20	19	17	20	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	20	22	23	22
Feels °C (?)	19	18	17	17	19	21	19	18	18	19	18	16	19	25	22	22	23	22	23	20	19	20	20	20

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