Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 10 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

20.9°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 (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 7PM is: 1.5m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 9	ENE 9	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	33	52	56	80	206	337	365	324	375	317	283	318	275	225	165	105	80	67	67	61	61	41	41	342
Wind (km/h)	SW	ESE	ESE	SE	S	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	ESE	E	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	E	NE	NNE	NNE	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	on	cross-on
High Tide	6:08AM1.25m				6:07PM1.32m				6:52AM1.37m				6:53PM1.27m				7:31AM1.48m				7:36PM1.22m
Low Tide			12:07PM0.33m				00:30AM0.11m				1:01PM0.27m				1:05AM0.10m				1:48PM0.22m				1:37AM0.10m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	23	24	21	19	16	16	15	16	18	19	20	19	17	15	15	17	22	26	24	22	20	17	16
Feels °C	17	22	22	18	16	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	16	14	14	17	21	24	23	23	18	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 9	ENE 9	E 9	ENE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6
kJ	33	52	56	80	55	75	365	324	375	317	283	318	275	225	165	105	80	58	58	42	61	82	58	27
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	E 15	NNE 6	E 15	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 9	S 7	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	13	10	8	4	4	4	51	52	52	37	36	36	36	37	38	56	61	67	67	61	40	41	41	41
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 7	S 6	S 6	E 15	E 15	E 15	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 14	NNE 6	NE 6	E 13	E 14	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	S 7	E 12	E 12
kJ	1	7	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	6	6	6	26	12	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	SSW 6	SE 3	SSE 5	SSE 7	S 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNE 6	N 3	N 3	N 4	NNE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	—	SSW 4	S 7
kJ	3	11	8	59	206	337	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	2	4	7	11	21	99	101	—	39	342
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	14	16	118	158	61	0	0	0	0	39	124	215	0	0	0	0	0	23	229	109	0	0	61	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1			2	3	4	4	3	3			2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	1	1	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	1	3	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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