Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 22 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
25.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 12AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
Period(s) (?)101099988677788899999999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1221151088071908252126168242355418390419493562580670665678612601710
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SE
10
SSE
5
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassoncross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:38PM
1.58
11:55AM
1.16
12:30AM
1.54
12:53PM
1.01
1:32AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
0.16
5:50PM
0.14
7:09AM
0.25
6:39PM
0.24
8:27AM
0.32
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise------6:52-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-6:57-------6:55-------6:54------
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11321111323321-----11---
Temp. °C242422211920202122232222212122232423232120212123
Feels °C (?)242323232021212224252424232222222322232220212123
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