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Emerald Beach surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 12 Feb 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Emerald Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Emerald Beach at 7AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am February 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (12 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (12 Feb)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.2
NE
1
NNE
1
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.1
NE
0.3
E
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
Period(s) (?)8888855688777712977777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70686767173485828291918171817615529485410383407437394371
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
25
NE
15
N
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		onoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:25AM
1.25
5:44PM
0.82
6:22AM
1.33
6:43PM
0.87
7:08AM
1.43
7:29PM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:28PM
0.48
11:20PM
0.40
1:16PM
0.39
12:19AM
0.34
1:55PM
0.30
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--6:24-------6:24-------6:24-----
Sunset-----7:37-------7:37-------7:36--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------11111-----11111---
Temp. °C222123312928252322222223232323232121212222222222
Feels °C (?)232123322831242019191921212020211920202120202121
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