Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Saturday 21 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
25.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 12AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
2
E
2.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)88888101010101099988877788999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48505048461281251251221151088071686333142220159314428542661757
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SE
5
SSE
5
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:52PM
1.59
11:06AM
1.31
11:38PM
1.58
11:55AM
1.16
12:30AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:11AM
0.09
5:09PM
0.05
6:05AM
0.16
5:50PM
0.14
7:09AM
0.25
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset-6:58-------6:57-------6:55------
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--12---13222111222432---
Temp. °C232423212021212223232221212020212324232221212223
Feels °C (?)232425222121212224242323232121212424232321212120
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