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)

Surf Forecasts:

Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Thursday 28 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 22.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today (29 May):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 May, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 May, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 May, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 12AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm May 28). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 May)	5.5ft (1.7m)	10s
Afternoon (29 May)	5ft (1.6m)	10s
Evening (29 May)	4.5ft (1.4m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 13°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 28		Friday 29								Saturday 30								Sunday 31
	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	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	3	0	1	1	2	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8
Wave Graph
kJ	835	736	709	598	586	575	569	504	443	384	331	282	233	233	204	219	274	287	293	239	219	171	167	138
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WNW	SSW	WSW	WSW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	SW	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	6:23PM1.45m				6:28AM1.05m				6:59PM1.51m					7:10AM1.03m				7:34PM1.55m				7:50AM1.01m
Low Tide			00:52AM0.31m				12:19PM0.20m					1:33AM0.26m			12:54PM0.21m					2:12AM0.23m				1:30PM0.21m


	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54
mm	1	—	—	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	15	14	14	14	16	22	19	18	16	15	14	13	18	21	20	16	14	13	13	13	18	20	20
Feels °C	18	14	13	13	13	16	20	18	17	15	14	12	10	16	17	14	12	11	11	11	11	15	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	835	736	709	598	586	575	569	504	443	384	331	282	219	199	204	219	274	287	293	239	219	171	167	138
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NNE 7	NNE 7	S 6	S 8	S 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9
kJ	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	30	31	44	122	235	233	233	188	153	153	121	121	121	121	118	113	83
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 8	S 8	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 8	N 6	S 16	NE 9	NNE 8	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 9	NE 9
kJ	18	23	23	22	22	21	45	10	5	21	9	7	1	5	3	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NW 3	N 6	—	—	SW 3	S 4	W 2	W 2	—	W 3	W 3	—	—	SW 3	WSW 3	WSW 3	WSW 3	—	—	—	—
kJ	82	97	98	6	76	—	—	9	8	1	1	—	2	1	—	—	9	3	2	5	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2
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