Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Nambucca Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
25.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 1AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (27 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (27 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
7
0
0
7
3
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
E
2.2
E
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
2
SSW
1.5
S
2.1
S
4
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111010101010101014141414141313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1274121395985452753341527019620016714198717906157958994089464161223947319326342078
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
20
WSW
5
W
5
NW
20
WSW
35
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
S
15
SE
25
SE
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
0.86
4:06AM
1.43
5:03PM
0.91
5:18AM
1.45
6:09PM
1.00
6:17AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
0.39
11:17AM
0.28
10:33PM
0.39
12:17PM
0.21
11:47PM
0.33
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise------6:54-------6:54-------6:56-
Sunset-6:52-------6:51-------6:50------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262725242322212423221816141414202221211918171721
Feels °C (?)252625242123212014161312111211171917181715151619
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