Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 10 am 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

20.8°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 1PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the S by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 6						Saturday 7								Sunday 8								Mon 9
	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)	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	384	340	397	405	333	269	210	136	111	86	82	63	61	41	41	252	385	579	1063	1917	1491	1088	1308	1099
Wind (km/h)	W	ESE	E	NE	NNE	N	N	NW	NW	ESE	ENE	ENE	NNE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	6:52AM1.37m				6:53PM1.27m				7:31AM1.48m				7:36PM1.22m					8:06AM1.55m				8:16PM1.17m
Low Tide			1:01PM0.27m				1:05AM0.10m				1:48PM0.22m				1:37AM0.10m					2:31PM0.18m				2:09AM0.12m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	19	20	20	19	18	18	16	18	22	25	24	21	19	17	16	15	16	15	19	15	14	13	13
Feels °C	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	18	21	22	24	22	15	14	11	11	10	9	9	7	9	9	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NE 6	NE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	S 9	S 9
kJ	384	340	397	405	333	269	210	136	111	86	82	58	41	54	45	41	41	41	89	59	56	52	836	731
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	S 7	E 9	NE 6	NE 6	E 12	S 17	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 10	E 10
kJ	52	52	51	51	51	37	38	39	64	67	67	63	61	40	41	18	5	23	6	6	6	6	32	31
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 14	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	E 13	E 14	NE 12	NE 12	NE 12	E 9	E 12	E 12	E 12	NNE 6	—	—	S 15	—	NNE 12	NNE 11
kJ	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	6	6	6	41	12	12	12	3	—	—	5	—	13	13
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 3	N 3	N 4	NNE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NNE 6	S 4	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	—	—	—	—	20	26	8	6	10	15	25	53	53	74	41	252	385	579	1063	1917	1491	1088	1308	1099
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	1	1	3	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	61	124	215	0	0	0	0	0	16	270	0	0	0	158	127	61	124	459	459	173	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3			2	2	2	1	1	2		1	1	1		3	4				3	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	1	2	5	5	3	3	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	7	8	5	5	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4

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