Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 3 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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 11AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 28). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

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. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	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	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 4	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 13	S 11	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	135	132	120	90	34	45	28	29	18	16	17	18	18	8	19	13	13	68	134	181	156	255	639	489
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	N	E	ENE	N	NW	WNW	W	W	W	E	NE	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SE	SE	S	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	glassy	cross	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-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		1:41AM0.25m			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	14	13	13	16	17	18	17	15	14	14	12	16	19	19	18	16	13	10	9	11	13	14	14	11
Feels °C	13	12	11	16	14	15	15	13	11	11	9	14	16	16	14	12	10	7	6	8	9	10	11	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	E 7	S 13	S 11	S 10
kJ	135	132	120	90	34	45	28	29	18	16	13	18	18	8	19	13	13	13	8	9	8	255	639	489
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 11	E 7	E 7	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SE 7	NE 4	NE 4	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	S 6	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	E 13	E 7	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	11	10	1	1	29	24	21	13	7	5	17	9	8	4	7	2	2	2	3	1	5	15	18	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	E 11	E 12	S 10	S 10	E 7	NE 4	SE 7	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 18	ESE 7	E 13	S 16	E 13	E 12	E 12	S 15	NNE 7	E 13	E 13
kJ	2	2	3	3	8	8	1	5	12	7	11	11	7	6	4	3	5	3	3	3	17	5	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 2	—	—	—	ENE 2	NE 4	—	NW 3	—	—	—	—	ENE 6	—	SSW 6	S 4	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	—	—
kJ	—	1	—	—	—	1	5	—	1	—	—	—	—	18	—	12	12	68	134	181	156	106	—	—
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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	1	1	2	3	3
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	118	215	0	0	14	122	14	107	14	127	107	61	61	0	0	0	18	18	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	3	3
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