Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 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
25.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 3PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (21 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.1
ESE
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
Period(s) (?)88888881010101010999886777889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444648505050461281251251221151088093688262113192226302428537
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:23AM
1.44
10:52PM
1.59
11:06AM
1.31
11:38PM
1.58
11:55AM
1.16
12:30AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31PM
-0.01
5:11AM
0.09
5:09PM
0.05
6:05AM
0.16
5:50PM
0.14
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------
Sunset---6:58-------6:57-------6:55----
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----11----12341112224511
Temp. °C192322242322211920222323222119202021232323222121
Feels °C (?)202422242423221920212323232320212121232323222120
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