Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today (23 Sep):
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 12AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (23 Sep) | - | - |
| Evening (23 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Nambucca Heads. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Fri morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Wed night, fresh winds from the ENE by Fri morning). | ||||||||||||||||||
Tue 22 | Wednesday 23 | Thursday 24 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 11 | SSE 11 | S 19 | S 19 | S 18 | S 16 | S 16 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 443 | 233 | 151 | 687 | 182 | 256 | 232 | 137 | 129 | 107 | 101 | 85 | 82 | 82 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 95 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 5:11PM1.36m | 5:46AM1.02m | 5:51PM1.43m | 6:23AM1.13m | 6:27PM1.48m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:55PM0.27m | 11:25AM0.33m | 00:27AM0.18m | 12:09PM0.25m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:44 | — | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 7 | SE 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | E 6 |
| kJ | 443 | 233 | 140 | 505 | 161 | 148 | 89 | 65 | 129 | 107 | 101 | 85 | 82 | 82 | 61 | 57 | 55 | 95 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 19 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 19 | S 19 | S 19 | S 18 | S 16 | S 10 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | S 11 |
| kJ | 29 | 123 | 151 | 120 | 182 | 256 | 232 | 137 | 48 | 55 | 89 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 55 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 5 | S 19 | S 19 | — | SE 7 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | S 16 | S 15 | N 9 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | SSE 12 | — | — | S 18 | E 12 |
| kJ | 1 | 29 | 62 | — | 21 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 124 | 68 | 2 | 51 | 30 | 29 | — | — | 6 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SSE 11 | E 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 6 | E 6 | E 6 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 687 | 72 | 134 | 144 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 94 | 95 | 95 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 215 | 124 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 124 |
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