Macauleys surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 11 Oct 2025 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
21.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Macauleys today?

The current surf forecast for Macauleys at 11PM is: 1.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)--
Afternoon (11 Oct)--
Evening (11 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)8888888877778888888910101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3142191661261039191129488684868866665351545758235307366331
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
5
NNW
25
SSW
20
SSW
5
SSW
15
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
10
NNE
15
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
offcrosscrosscrossoffglasscrosscross-
on
glassononononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:18AM
1.01
12:50PM
1.57
1:28AM
0.90
1:59PM
1.48
2:53AM
0.86
3:16PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35PM
0.17
5:58AM
0.22
7:47PM
0.25
6:57AM
0.32
9:10PM
0.30
8:15AM
0.41
Sat
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise----6:13-------6:11-------6:11---
Sunset-------6:53-------6:54-------6:55
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242320202227272421212019192221212020191819212221
Feels °C (?)262319181923222220221717202118201919181819191818
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Macauleys (light winds from the SSW at Coffs Harbour Airport 20 km from Macauleys). 1.6m 8s swell from the ENE to make surfable waves.

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9 km/h
SSW
0.0
21.6
Air / Water (°C)
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