Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 23 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
25.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 7PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)7s
Evening (23 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
1
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
4
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.9
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)8677788899999999910121212131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8274131195242408489459481503561635716732734750695838179220322391275725612206
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
E
5
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
S
15
SE
10
ESE
5
S
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:55AM
1.16
12:30AM
1.54
12:53PM
1.01
1:32AM
1.49
2:06PM
0.90
2:46AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:05AM
0.16
5:50PM
0.14
7:09AM
0.25
6:39PM
0.24
8:27AM
0.32
7:42PM
0.34
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise6:52-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---6:55-------6:54-------6:53----
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1123321111-111---------
Temp. °C192122222222222322222323222120201923232423212019
Feels °C (?)202224242424222323232222222221211924232525232220
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