Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 9 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

20.1°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 4PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Mon afternoon, light winds from the N by Mon night).
	Sunday 13						Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SSE 12	S 10	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	255	204	216	132	170	158	167	220	157	177	67	142	106	89	59	58	57	35	33	19	19	18
Wind (km/h)	WNW	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off
High Tide		9:14AM1.46m				9:23PM1.39m				9:51AM1.47m				9:59PM1.25m					10:30AM1.43m
Low Tide				3:20PM0.12m				3:32AM0.07m					4:03PM0.19m				4:02AM0.14m				4:48PM0.28m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	17	18	18	17	16	15	13	13	20	22	20	18	17	15	14	15	21	24	24	22	22
Feels °C	13	15	14	14	14	15	14	11	11	18	17	15	15	14	13	13	14	19	20	21	21	21
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SSE 12	S 10	SSE 12	SSE 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 6
kJ	255	204	216	132	170	158	167	220	157	177	67	142	106	89	59	58	57	35	33	19	19	80
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 20	SSE 19	SSE 18	S 18	S 16	E 13	ENE 4	E 13	E 13	E 12	SSE 12	E 12	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	SSE 10
kJ	128	124	64	55	48	13	10	13	13	12	49	3	2	3	12	12	3	16	16	16	16	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	S 16	E 13	N 13	S 14	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 10	E 16	E 16	E 9	E 9	E 9	—	N 12	E 12
kJ	14	13	13	13	13	5	13	3	15	2	2	2	3	2	5	5	2	2	2	—	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NNW 3	NNW 3	NNW 2	N 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6
kJ	—	—	—	11	15	14	1	1	1	4	25	63	61	47	43	43	38	44	68	115	104	167
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	0	0	124	215	0	0	0	0	0	0	265	374	0	0	0	0	0	0	431	364	109	8
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Rating (10 max)	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	2			1	1	2	1	1	2			2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	6	4	1	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	6	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	9	5	5	5	5	5

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