Nambucca Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
19.6° C
0.5° 

Nambucca Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today (16 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 10AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (16 Jul)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
S
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
2.4
SSE
8
2.4
SE
8
2.4
SE
8
2.4
SE
7
2.3
SE
7
2.3
SE
7
2.2
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
2.2
SE
7
1.9
ESE
8
1.9
ESE
8
3
SE
8
3
ESE
10
3
ESE
10
3
ESE
10
3.5
ESE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
765
849
906
887
810
762
673
628
657
614
598
558
558
521
485
485
521
403
465
1136
1461
1696
2005
2294
Wind (km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
9:26AM1.15m
9:41PM1.82m
10:15AM1.17m
10:26PM1.70m
11:05AM1.19m
Low Tide
3:39AM-0.05m
3:05PM0.05m
4:23AM-0.03m
3:56PM0.11m
5:05AM0.02m
4:47PM0.21m
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
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light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
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light rain
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:43
6:41
6:41
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:04
5:05
5:05
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
13
13
14
18
18
17
16
16
16
16
17
18
18
16
15
15
14
14
15
18
17
17
16
Feels °C
10
9
9
10
12
12
11
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
12
12
11
10
10
11
12
11
12
12
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