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Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 19 Jan 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
24.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 8AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (19 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.1
SE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.9
SE
2
SE
2.1
SE
2.2
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
Period(s) (?)8888999999988711111111111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6824033795024394394164163723113042842452578609471054115111301034103412461128940
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
S
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SE
25
SSE
15
S
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
1.65
9:44PM
1.05
9:59AM
1.67
10:22PM
1.09
10:33AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.17
4:05PM
0.13
3:23AM
0.15
4:39PM
0.10
4:01AM
0.16
5:12PM
0.08
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise--6:03-------6:03-------6:03-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:52-------7:52--
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
432331111-111---1-------
Temp. °C212121222323222118171822222222191717192323232219
Feels °C (?)222121212221202017161820201919181615172120202219
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