Nambucca Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 09 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
19.4° C
0.8° 

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 (09 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 11PM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jul)--
Afternoon (09 Jul)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (09 Jul)7ft (2.1m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Sun morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
9
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.4
SE
10
2.2
SE
10
2.1
SE
10
2.1
SE
10
2
SE
10
2.1
SE
10
1.9
SSE
10
2.1
SE
10
2
SE
10
2
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.9
SE
11
1.7
SE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.4
SE
10
1.1
ESE
12
1.2
ESE
12
1.3
ESE
12
1.3
ESE
11
1.4
ESE
11
1.2
ESE
11
1.1
ESE
10
1
ESE
10
0.9
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1114
947
880
880
769
849
712
901
865
898
828
762
592
480
384
350
399
438
427
452
305
270
216
175
Wind (km/h)
15
S
15
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
0
WSW
10
E
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross
cross
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
High Tide
3:24PM1.36m
3:24AM1.06m
4:25PM1.48m
4:38AM1.02m
5:24PM1.61m
5:46AM1.03m
Low Tide
9:48PM0.41m
9:34AM0.18m
11:05PM0.31m
10:34AM0.16m
00:11AM0.20m
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:43
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:00
5:00
5:01
5:01
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
17
15
14
13
13
12
14
16
16
15
13
13
12
12
14
16
17
15
14
13
13
15
17
Feels °C
14
14
13
11
10
10
9
11
13
14
14
12
12
10
10
14
14
15
13
12
11
11
12
15
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