Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
20.3°C
1.3° 

Nambucca Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today (02 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 2AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 01). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (02 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the NNE by Tue afternoon).

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
ENE
6
0.4
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.4
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.2
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
40
39
37
35
34
31
47
70
68
27
30
28
27
14
14
14
6
Wind (km/h)
5
NW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SE
15
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNE
10
N
5
N
10
N
20
NE
20
NNE
35
NNE
20
N
5
NNW
Wind State
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
High Tide
2:57AM0.93m
3:05PM1.44m
4:14AM1.00m
4:13PM1.40m
Low Tide
9:01PM0.22m
8:20AM0.40m
10:08PM0.20m
9:46AM0.42m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
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Temp °C
21
20
18
18
19
20
21
21
20
19
18
18
18
25
21
21
20
18
Feels °C
23
22
18
19
20
21
20
22
22
20
19
19
19
24
21
17
19
19
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