Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
25.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 8PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)--
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
SSE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)10999991010109999991010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)220211207168166170146146143137106106104104104113135121122158158148139110
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
10
E
0
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
0
ESE
15
E
10
NE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
W
5
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
1.03
10:47PM
1.40
11:01AM
0.94
11:31PM
1.33
11:50AM
0.86
12:25AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:08PM
0.27
5:24AM
0.35
4:43PM
0.35
6:18AM
0.42
5:25PM
0.42
7:26AM
0.46
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise------6:01-------6:01-------6:03-
Sunset-5:38-------5:37-------5:37------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212120181716172226242321212020252525232120201922
Feels °C (?)202020171616172324242421212020252326252322222024
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