Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
20.7°C
0.9° 

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 (03 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 6AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 02). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (03 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (03 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu afternoon).

Mon
2
Tuesday
3
Wednesday
4
Thu
5
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
ENE
6
0.4
S
10
0.4
S
10
0.6
ENE
6
0.4
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.4
ENE
7
0.2
S
9
0.2
S
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.8
SSE
6
0.7
S
5
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
47
66
27
30
28
26
25
14
14
16
6
5
19
20
19
42
29
32
33
33
Wind (km/h)
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
N
10
NE
20
ENE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
S
10
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:14AM1.00m
4:13PM1.40m
5:17AM1.12m
5:14PM1.36m
Low Tide
10:08PM0.20m
9:46AM0.42m
11:05PM0.16m
11:03AM0.39m
11:51PM0.13m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
21
20
18
18
18
24
22
20
19
18
17
17
18
20
22
22
20
18
18
19
Feels °C
23
22
19
19
20
25
21
19
19
18
16
16
17
20
21
22
21
19
17
16
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