Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 30 Dec 2025 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
22.7° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 5AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Dec)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (31 Dec)7ft (2.2m)12s
Evening (31 Dec)7ft (2.2m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
ESE
2.2
SE
2.2
ESE
2.2
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
2
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)99991212121212121212131312121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)564478508430688136614741344132112431284120613051285993880880805666533354375292286
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
WNW
10
W
10
SSW
15
SE
20
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
15
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06PM
1.09
6:02AM
1.55
6:15PM
1.06
6:57AM
1.68
7:19PM
1.06
7:50AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:14PM
0.14
12:41PM
0.26
12:10AM
0.11
1:43PM
0.14
1:05AM
0.08
2:38PM
0.05
Tue
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Sunrise----5:47-------5:48-------5:48---
Sunset-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191716151720222221201917192123232221201820212221
Feels °C (?)201716151720212221212017192121222222211821212220
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