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 3 pm Monday 18 Aug 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 19.6° 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 7PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 18). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.3m 8s 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 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (18 Aug)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s

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

Hourly 12 Days

North Coast – New South Wales Surf

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	Monday 18				Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	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	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	SE	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	160	131	131	132	130	270	133	130	103	97	95	93	90	289	110	134	140	134	144	322	460	467	500	498
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	S	SE	ENE	NE	ENE	E	E	NE	ENE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			4:04PM 1.47				4:35AM 0.89				5:10PM 1.54				5:43AM 0.95				6:06PM 1.61				6:36AM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)					11:07PM 0.32				10:14AM 0.29				12:08AM 0.24				11:20AM 0.24				12:57AM 0.16

	Monday 18				Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	3	6	8	3	8	10	13	22	21	18	33
Temp. °C	15	16	15	13	12	11	12	13	16	17	16	16	15	14	13	15	16	14	13	14	14	15	15	14
Feels °C (?)	11	12	11	9	9	7	9	10	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	15	14	12	12	12	10	12	11	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Emerald Beach (moderate winds from the S at Coffs Harbour Airport 17 km from Emerald Beach). A 1.0m swell from the ESE
1 hour 17 minutes ago Emerald Beach

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17 km away, 1 h 17 min ago

24 km/h

0.0

19.6

Air / Water (°C)

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