Hat Head Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Port Macquarie (37 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (31.05° S 153.06° E)

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Hat Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 26 Oct 2025 AEDT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Hat Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Hat Head sea temperature is 20.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Hat Head today?

The current surf forecast for Hat Head at 5AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 26). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (26 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	15s
Evening (26 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	15s

Table - waves today at Hat Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
	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	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	4	4	2	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	8	8	8	9	9	10	9	9	9	9
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	123	126	99	74	72	159	283	264	246	168	206	187	139	529	496	736	766	959	1143	1129	923	937	589	441
Wind (km/h)	N	NW	WNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	N	NW	NW	SW	SW	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	E	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	11:06PM 0.96				11:29AM 1.41				11:48PM 0.90				12:14PM 1.35				12:40AM 0.85				1:07PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		4:45AM 0.31					6:16PM 0.35				5:22AM 0.37				7:11PM 0.40				6:09AM 0.43					8:15PM 0.41

	Sunday 26								Monday 27								Tuesday 28
Sunrise	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	3
Temp. °C	18	17	18	25	27	22	22	21	20	20	23	30	31	21	19	17	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	16
Feels °C (?)	18	18	18	23	25	21	22	23	20	18	21	28	28	16	15	13	12	12	14	14	13	12	12	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Hat Head (calm at Kempsey Airport Automatic Weather Station 29 km from Hat Head). 1.0m 9s swell from the S with a 0.6m 8s swell from the ENE and a 0.2m 13s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
5 hours 18 minutes ago Hat Head

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