Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
20.3°C
1.3° 

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 (01 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 10PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 01). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Nov)--
Afternoon (01 Nov)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (01 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the NNE by Tue afternoon).

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SSE
12
0.3
S
10
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
11
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.7
ENE
6
0.7
E
6
0.7
ENE
6
0.4
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.2
S
9
0.2
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
29
17
40
40
39
37
35
34
31
47
47
46
35
32
29
27
14
14
6
6
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
5
N
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
10
ENE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
1:54PM1.51m
2:57AM0.93m
3:05PM1.44m
4:14AM1.00m
4:13PM1.40m
Low Tide
9:01PM0.22m
8:20AM0.40m
10:08PM0.20m
9:46AM0.42m
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
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 mm
6
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Temp °C
20
23
21
20
18
18
18
21
21
21
20
19
18
17
18
26
23
23
21
19
Feels °C
20
22
24
22
18
19
18
22
20
21
22
20
19
18
18
25
24
20
21
20
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