Nambucca Heads Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Port Macquarie (37 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (30.50° S 153.03° E)

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Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 04 Sep 2025 AEST

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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 19.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 4PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (04 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (04 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

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	Thursday 04						Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun 07
	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	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	E	ENE	ENE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	S	S	E	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	5	5	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	7	11	11	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	73	74	68	65	47	40	38	28	29	42	34	64	64	110	205	278	259	221	170	149	287	268	251	222
Wind (km/h)	W	ESE	ESE	NE	NNW	W	W	WSW	WSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	E	E	NE	N	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:26AM 0.92				5:42PM 1.48				6:12AM 1.02				6:24PM 1.58				6:53AM 1.13					7:04PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)			11:01AM 0.33				12:29AM 0.22				11:51AM 0.24					1:05AM 0.11			12:37PM 0.15					1:39AM 0.02

	Thursday 04						Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sun 07
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	17	18	20	19	17	16	15	16	17	19	19	17	16	16	16	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	11	16	16	18	18	15	13	12	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Nambucca Heads (moderate winds from the NE at CoffsHarbourAirport 22 km from Nambucca Heads). 0.5m 9s swell from the S with a 0.3m 9s swell from the E and a 0.1m 15s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
49 minutes ago Nambucca Heads

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22 km away, 49 min ago

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19.2

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