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 3 pm Tuesday 16 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 1.0°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 6PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	12s
Evening (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.2m)	12s

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

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	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	S	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	S	S	SSE	ESE	S	S	S	S	S	S	ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	4	4	4	5	12	12	11	10	9	8	6
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	42	30	20	22	19	11	10	10	10	10	9	12	13	29	36	26	30	74	112	80	116	87	86	67
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	N	NNW	N	NNW	NW	ESE	NE	NW	W	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SE	ESE	E	NE	N	NNW	WNW	WNW	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 1.44					4:41AM 0.92				4:56PM 1.48				5:38AM 1.01				5:48PM 1.52				6:23AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)					10:58PM 0.28				10:13AM 0.35				11:50PM 0.21				11:16AM 0.29				12:31AM 0.15

	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	20	19	18	17	18	22	27	29	25	22	18	17	17	18	19	19	18	17	16	14	14	19
Feels °C (?)	20	18	18	18	17	15	16	21	26	27	26	22	16	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Nambucca Heads (fresh winds from the NNE at Coffs Harbour Airport 22 km from Nambucca Heads). 0.3m 12s groundswell from the E with a 0.2m 9s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
58 minutes ago Nambucca Heads

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22 km away, 58 min ago

30 km/h

NNE

0.0

19.2

Air / Water (°C)

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