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Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Thursday 19 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
25.4° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 11PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)--
Afternoon (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (19 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
Print Table
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)888888888888888888888101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)515151515051515150494342424243464849514848128125123
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
NNW
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
WSW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
0
N
10
WNW
5
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31PM
1.47
9:42AM
1.53
10:11PM
1.55
10:23AM
1.44
10:52PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:23PM
-0.04
3:35AM
0.05
3:57PM
-0.04
4:21AM
0.05
4:31PM
-0.01
5:11AM
0.09
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise------6:50-------6:50-------6:50-
Sunset-7:00-------7:00-------6:58------
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
13--------------122--113
Temp. °C232020202019182223232221201919222323232120191921
Feels °C (?)242221212120182323232422211919232324232221191921
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