Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 9 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

19.9°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 (02 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 1PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 02). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (02 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Evening (02 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun night).
	Friday 2						Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	ENE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 18	S 18	S 18	ENE 8	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 15	S 17	S 9	S 9	ENE 10	E 19
Wave Graph
kJ	22	22	20	10	9	8	7	7	2	6	6	6	45	6	6	20	5	6	6	6	20	7
Wind (km/h)	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide			11:58AM1.50m				00:31AM0.92m					1:09PM1.45m				1:58AM0.87m				2:27PM1.44m
Low Tide	5:08AM0.24m				6:51PM0.30m				6:08AM0.32m					8:16PM0.31m				7:27AM0.38m				9:36PM0.27m


	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	22	24	21	18	17	16	15	15	21	22	20	19	17	17	16	16	24	26	27	21	19
Feels °C	13	20	20	17	15	14	14	13	14	20	17	16	17	15	15	14	14	21	23	24	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	ENE 8	S 18	S 17	S 16	S 15	S 17	S 9	S 9	ENE 10	S 9
kJ	12	20	20	10	9	8	7	7	2	2	2	2	45	6	6	5	5	6	2	6	20	6
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 10	—	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 15	—	—	S 9	S 18	S 18	S 18	S 9	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 16	S 16	S 9	S 15
kJ	22	22	—	4	4	4	4	—	—	2	6	6	6	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	6	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 18	—	S 10	S 9	—	—	S 16	S 9	—	S 9	S 13	S 16	E 19
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	—	2	2	—	—	20	2	—	6	3	5	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 7
kJ	59	53	102	177	175	156	161	167	136	122	150	240	161	190	217	194	213	220	278	559	453	440
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Moonee Beach and Creek NSW - North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Cronulla Point NSW - Sydney South Coast	Warriewood NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Yacaaba Head-Boulders NSW - Port Macquarie	Sandbar NSW - Port Macquarie	Mullaway NSW - North Coast	Park Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Elim NSW - Port Macquarie	Blueys Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Norries Head NSW - North Coast	Macauleys NSW - North Coast	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Old Woman Island - South Side QLD - Sunshine Coast	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	3
Distance (km)	35	0	433	390	270	229	215	51	26	207	214	384	0	270	246	42	46	173	431	338	192	76
Best forecast wave conditions in Port Macquarie	Back Bommie	Nambucca Heads				Yacaaba Head-Boulders	Back Bommie	Tuncurry-North Wall	Tuncurry-North Wall	Blueys Beach	Blueys Beach		Yacaaba Head-Boulders			Yacaaba Head-Boulders	Back Bommie	Blueys Beach			Tuncurry-North Wall	Bonny Hills
Rating (10 max)	1	1				2	3	3	3	3	2		2			4	3	4			2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	3	1	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	1	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	7
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7

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