Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 29 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Nambucca Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
24.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 8PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
1
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
1
2
1
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1212111111111110101010101099988888161717
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)246017141479162514501046936754628540471408343262257162154119948585131146205
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
25
SSE
20
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
5
SW
10
E
10
ENE
5
NE
0
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrosscross-
off
glassglassglasscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:00PM
1.12
7:06AM
1.51
7:42PM
1.24
7:49AM
1.50
8:20PM
1.34
8:27AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:03PM
0.14
12:45AM
0.26
1:41PM
0.09
1:35AM
0.20
2:13PM
0.06
2:19AM
0.16
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-
Sunset-6:49-------6:46-------6:45------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232322202019182121222221191918202022222221212023
Feels °C (?)202019181817171919202121191917202122222323222124
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