Macauleys surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
25.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Macauleys today?

The current surf forecast for Macauleys at 8PM is: 1.0m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)--
Afternoon (24 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)777777888888888999999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7155111677469104131163232264167134137147181151245262313306292278304
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
NW
15
NE
25
ENE
25
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
E
10
S
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
1.00
3:02AM
1.39
3:25PM
0.89
4:22AM
1.42
4:58PM
0.88
5:37AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:01PM
0.26
9:56AM
0.41
9:14PM
0.32
11:28AM
0.36
10:37PM
0.32
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------6:33-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-7:25-------7:24-------7:23------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C252524232221232525252423232223252525232322222324
Feels °C (?)242526242423252524242524252424242424222222212223
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