Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 9 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

19.5° 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 (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 5PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 28). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Evening (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 28						Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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)	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 18	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 12	S 11	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	120	90	34	45	28	29	18	16	17	18	18	7	12	13	14	34	91	131	111	193	785	461
Wind (km/h)	W	NE	E	ENE	N	NNW	W	W	W	WSW	ESE	NE	WSW	W	SW	SSW	SW	S	SE	SE	SSE	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	glassy	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-on	glassy	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross
High Tide		7:16AM0.97m				7:34PM1.56m				7:54AM1.02m				8:09PM1.60m				8:30AM1.06m				8:43PM1.62m
Low Tide			12:53PM0.23m					2:15AM0.20m				1:32PM0.19m				2:48AM0.15m				2:10PM0.18m


	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	13	16	17	18	17	16	14	14	13	16	20	19	17	15	13	11	9	11	14	14	14	12
Feels °C	11	16	14	15	15	14	11	11	10	13	17	16	14	12	10	8	6	7	10	10	11	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	S 14	S 12	S 11	S 10
kJ	120	90	34	45	28	29	18	16	11	18	18	7	12	13	14	13	13	9	33	193	467	461
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	NE 5	S 7	SE 7	S 7	SSE 7	S 6	S 6	S 7	SE 6	E 13	E 13	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	1	1	29	24	21	13	12	5	17	11	8	4	12	6	8	2	3	3	6	16	16	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 12	S 10	S 10	E 7	NE 4	NE 4	SE 7	SE 7	S 7	SE 7	S 18	ESE 7	SE 6	SE 6	E 13	S 14	S 16	E 7	E 13	E 13	NE 7
kJ	3	3	8	8	1	5	5	7	11	9	7	6	4	2	2	3	4	5	8	3	3	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	ENE 2	NE 4	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 4	ENE 6	—	—	SW 2	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 11	—
kJ	—	—	—	1	4	—	—	—	—	—	4	17	—	—	1	34	91	131	111	89	785	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	4	2
Distance (km)	0	0	118	0	0	0	14	189	122	189	188	61	127	412	61	0	0	0	18	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1					1	1		1	1	1	3	4	4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	3	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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