Macauleys Surf Forecast

/ NSW – North Coast (46 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (30.16° S 153.20° E)

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Macauleys surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 24 Aug 2025 AEST

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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 19.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Macauleys today?

The current surf forecast for Macauleys at 10PM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (24 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (24 Aug)	-	-
Evening (24 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	10s

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

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	Sun 24		Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
	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	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	E	SSE	SSE	ESE	E	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	845	1243	483	392	346	342	565	496	602	820	1226	830	642	721	993	936	797	692	681	600	472	426	512	509
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:49PM 1.61				9:15AM 1.27				9:23PM 1.51				9:51AM 1.30				9:55PM 1.40					10:27AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)				3:16AM 0.06				3:06PM 0.15				3:44AM 0.08				3:46PM 0.21					4:12AM 0.13

	Sun 24		Monday 25								Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	14	13	13	16	19	18	18	17	17	16	17	19	19	19	17	16	15	14	14	19	23	24
Feels °C (?)	13	14	12	11	9	10	14	14	15	16	17	16	18	18	17	16	14	14	13	11	11	15	20	22

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - North Coast

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Macauleys (light winds from the WSW at Coffs Harbour Airport 20 km from Macauleys). 2.2m 10s swell from the S with a 1.5m 9s swell from the E and a 1.0m 7s swell from the SSE as well as a 0.8m 10s swell, also from the SSE. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 20 minutes ago Macauleys

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20 km away, 1 h 20 min ago

11 km/h

WSW

0.0

19.4

Air / Water (°C)

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