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Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 02 Feb 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
24.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 5PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (02 Feb)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (02 Feb)10ft (3.0m)10s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.8
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)978910111010999101099998888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)211634136418891861174712809436755134885084353482892431051111089092147150147
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
ENE
0
NNE
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:16AM
1.82
9:43PM
1.18
9:58AM
1.78
10:26PM
1.22
10:37AM
1.69
11:07PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56PM
-0.01
3:26AM
0.05
4:34PM
-0.01
4:11AM
0.08
5:09PM
0.02
4:54AM
0.15
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise6:15-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---7:45-------7:45-------7:45----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
451--11-----------------
Temp. °C222018202120202020212222222120192023242322201917
Feels °C (?)191715151717171818192020212120192022212020191917
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