Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 28 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
22.8° C
(Which is 1.5°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 6AM is: 2.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 2.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Dec)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (29 Dec)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (29 Dec)7ft (2.2m)9s

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

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Sun
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
ESE
2.1
SE
2.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)9101010109999999999999999141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)116211069201146112272177576170582871356561855353755049246141241230083415021673
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
S
30
SE
30
SSE
20
S
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
0
SE
5
NW
5
NW
5
W
0
WNW
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
1.27
3:54PM
1.15
5:03AM
1.40
5:06PM
1.09
6:02AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:23PM
0.15
10:09AM
0.45
10:17PM
0.15
11:29AM
0.37
11:14PM
0.14
12:41PM
0.26
Sun
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Sunrise----5:46-------5:46-------5:47---
Sunset-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201817161821212120181615172020212017161518212323
Feels °C (?)141514121416151616161413151818192117161519212221
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