Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 3 am 22 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 (22 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 7AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Afternoon (22 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	9s
Evening (22 Jul)	4ft (1.2m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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)	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 9	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	354	347	306	300	185	246	300	171	177	202	169	158	154	120	115	90	90	70	123	275	307	355	542	1252
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	WNW	N	E	NE	NNW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	ESE	ENE	NW	WNW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	S	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	cross
High Tide		1:31AM1.04m				2:44PM1.24m				2:32AM0.92m				3:44PM1.27m				3:43AM0.86m					4:40PM1.31m
Low Tide				7:48AM0.29m				9:11PM0.54m				8:38AM0.34m					10:29PM0.51m			9:34AM0.37m


	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	15	14	17	21	21	19	16	15	14	13	16	17	17	16	14	14	11	10	12	15	16	14	11
Feels °C	15	15	13	16	19	19	18	14	12	11	10	14	14	15	15	12	11	7	5	7	9	11	10	8
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 9	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 10	S 10
kJ	354	347	306	300	185	246	300	171	177	202	169	158	154	120	115	90	90	70	68	51	51	34	47	882
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	ENE 10	S 10	S 10	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 5	S 7	SE 8	SE 8	SE 7	E 11	E 11	ENE 8	E 9
kJ	35	34	31	31	77	31	17	71	55	20	21	20	9	2	2	2	8	2	2	2	10	9	7	63
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 10	S 13	E 12	S 10	S 10	E 12	E 10	SE 9	SE 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	SE 8	S 10	E 12	S 18	SE 7	S 18	—	NE 8
kJ	17	4	4	4	31	4	3	17	18	3	2	3	3	8	8	8	2	2	3	6	2	6	—	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	—	—	—	SW 2	SW 2	SSW 2	S 4	SSE 4	—	—	—	S 4	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 10
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	1	1	1	4	6	—	—	—	13	123	275	307	355	542	1252
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	39	61	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	2	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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