Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 4 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

20.9°C

Nambucca Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 8AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	ENE 9	SSE 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	ENE 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSW 4	S 6
Wave Graph
kJ	32	33	33	52	99	80	206	320	355	333	367	317	290	332	281	220	136	105	82	82	161	63	61	42	41	299
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	SW	E	E	SSE	S	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	ESE	E	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	E	NE	NNE	NNE	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	on
High Tide			6:08AM1.25m				6:07PM1.32m				6:52AM1.37m				6:53PM1.27m				7:31AM1.48m				7:36PM1.22m
Low Tide	11:51PM0.13m				12:07PM0.33m				00:30AM0.11m				1:01PM0.27m				1:05AM0.10m				1:48PM0.22m				1:37AM0.10m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	19	23	26	21	19	16	16	15	16	19	19	20	19	17	16	15	18	22	26	25	22	20	18	17
Feels °C	17	15	17	21	25	18	15	14	14	14	15	18	16	17	17	16	15	14	18	21	24	23	23	18	15	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	NNE 6	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6
kJ	32	33	33	52	8	80	79	75	355	333	367	317	290	332	281	220	136	105	82	82	60	42	40	82	58	26
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 6	NE 6	S 6	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	NE 13	E 9	E 9	S 7	E 9	E 9
kJ	18	15	13	10	3	4	4	4	51	52	52	37	36	36	36	37	39	56	61	67	6	63	61	27	41	41
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 4	S 7	S 6	S 8	E 15	E 15	E 15	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	E 13	E 14	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 9	E 12	E 12
kJ	6	3	1	7	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	6	6	6	42	12	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	WNW 3	S 4	SSW 6	E 9	SSE 5	SSE 7	S 7	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 2	NE 3	NE 3	NNE 3	N 3	N 4	NNE 4	ENE 10	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 6	SSW 4	S 6
kJ	—	1	3	12	99	64	206	320	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	3	6	9	11	161	51	83	113	41	299
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3
Distance (km)	14	76	14	16	52	131	61	0	0	0	0	39	124	215	0	0	0	0	0	23	229	245	0	0	0	127
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1			2	3	4	4	3	3			2	2	1	1	1	1	1		1	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	1	1	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	2	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	8	9	8	7	7	6	5

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