Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
19.1°C
1.5° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 12AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (07 Oct)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (07 Oct)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Wed morning. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon).

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
2 PM
5 PM
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)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
0.3
S
8
1.1
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1.4
S
5
1.8
S
7
2
S
7
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
S
9
2.5
S
9
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
1.9
S
9
1.9
S
9
2.1
S
11
1.8
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
10
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Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
199
270
10
176
207
157
104
293
435
754
1106
1187
1618
1275
614
601
1009
640
551
481
Wind (km/h)
10
NNE
15
SE
0
NW
10
WSW
10
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
ESE
20
SE
10
S
10
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
High Tide
5:43PM1.49m
6:29AM1.14m
6:35PM1.51m
7:14AM1.27m
7:21PM1.50m
Low Tide
00:29AM0.13m
12:16PM0.26m
1:09AM0.07m
1:09PM0.19m
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clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
27
24
20
19
18
17
17
16
18
18
16
14
13
14
14
18
17
17
17
15
Feels °C
26
23
23
20
18
13
12
12
13
12
9
9
9
10
10
14
13
13
15
14
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