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Hat Head Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Port Macquarie (37 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Hat Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 08 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Hat Head today?
The current surf forecast for Hat Head at 1PM is: 5ft 6s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 2ft 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 2ft 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 6s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Hat Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (ft) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 272 | 368 | 354 | 353 | 146 | 101 | 287 | 44 | 44 | 144 | 120 | 120 | 50 | 57 | 47 | 56 | 56 | 62 | 54 | 57 | 62 | 342 | 356 | 207 |
Wind (mph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- off | off | cross | on | cross- on | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (ft) | 8:12AM 4.46 | 8:22PM 5.45 | 8:52AM 4.76 | 9:04PM 5.22 | 9:34AM 4.99 | 9:47PM 4.82 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (ft) | 2:06PM 0.16 | 2:46AM -0.23 | 2:53PM 0.1 | 3:22AM -0.16 | 3:42PM 0.2 | 3:59AM 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Monday 08 | Tuesday 09 | Wednesday 10 | Thu 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 5:56 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:36 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (in) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °F | 59 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 70 | 72 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 57 |
| Feels °F (?) | 54 | 59 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 66 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 72 | 72 | 68 | 59 | 50 | 45 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie
The wind is still cross-on at Hat Head (light winds from the NNW at Kempsey Airport Automatic Weather Station 18 miles from Hat Head). 2ft 12s groundswell from the S with a 2ft 8s swell from the ENE and a 1ft 15s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
29 km away, 1 h 35 min ago
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