Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
20.4°C
1.2° 

Nambucca Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today (03 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 8PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 03). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)--
Afternoon (03 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (03 Nov)1ft (0.3m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri morning).

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.3
S
9
0.2
S
9
0.5
E
7
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
ENE
8
0.8
SSE
5
1.2
S
6
0.9
S
6
0.8
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
0.5
E
8
1.1
SSE
6
1.8
S
7
1.8
SSE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.4
SSE
7
1.5
S
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
25
14
14
14
6
22
20
32
33
102
66
47
24
34
34
37
95
284
317
225
220
309
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
S
10
SE
20
SE
30
SSE
15
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
4:13PM1.40m
5:17AM1.12m
5:14PM1.36m
6:08AM1.25m
6:07PM1.32m
Low Tide
11:05PM0.16m
11:03AM0.39m
11:51PM0.13m
12:07PM0.33m
00:30AM0.11m
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
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5:50
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5:50
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5:48
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7:10
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7:12
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7:14
 mm
3
2
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Temp °C
22
21
19
18
17
16
18
21
23
22
20
19
18
18
20
21
21
20
19
18
17
16
Feels °C
22
19
18
18
17
15
18
21
22
22
21
20
18
16
17
19
18
15
16
16
15
15
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