Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 31 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
24.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 3PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)99988816161617161616157777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2081721681199492125127134941931861771061031131161201001031031038683
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
S
10
SE
15
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
5
W
5
WSW
5
W
0
SW
10
ESE
15
E
10
NE
5
NNW
5
W
5
W
5
W
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49AM
1.50
8:20PM
1.34
8:27AM
1.46
8:55PM
1.43
9:03AM
1.40
9:28PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
0.06
2:19AM
0.16
2:43PM
0.05
3:00AM
0.14
3:12PM
0.06
3:40AM
0.14
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------
Sunset---6:45-------6:45-------6:44----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202222222220191919212223222122201922232322202018
Feels °C (?)192121202221191919232222232222201922232223212118
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