Macauleys surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 10 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Macauleys surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Macauleys sea temperature is
25.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Macauleys today?

The current surf forecast for Macauleys at 7AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Afternoon (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (10 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
S
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)777786788888866777888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117118125117213277352347302226202196167148237255327365336228190256226199
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
35
NE
35
NNE
35
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
NNW
25
S
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
10
SE
10
ENE
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
1.13
1:56PM
1.17
3:11AM
1.16
2:47PM
1.03
4:11AM
1.19
3:50PM
0.92
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:56AM
0.49
8:29PM
0.26
9:09AM
0.56
9:13PM
0.31
10:32AM
0.58
10:03PM
0.34
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise--5:54-------5:56-------5:56-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:52-------7:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C212022282827252422212325252523222221212224252424
Feels °C (?)211921262524232422212424232320181917172023272627
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