Nambucca Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
19.4° C
0.4° 

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 (30 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 5PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (30 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (30 Jul)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
3
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
S
7
1.4
S
7
1.2
S
7
1.8
S
12
1.6
S
11
1.9
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.2
S
9
1.2
S
9
1.9
S
11
1.9
S
11
1.6
S
11
1.6
S
10
1.6
S
10
2
S
10
2
S
10
2
S
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
128
200
147
887
584
753
379
251
244
914
828
573
551
530
769
753
740
574
529
561
574
482
Wind (km/h)
10
SW
10
S
10
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
cross
High Tide
8:30AM1.06m
8:43PM1.62m
9:06AM1.10m
9:16PM1.60m
9:43AM1.14m
9:49PM1.55m
Low Tide
2:10PM0.18m
3:20AM0.12m
2:48PM0.18m
3:51AM0.10m
3:26PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:35
6:35
6:33
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:12
5:13
5:13
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
9
11
15
15
15
13
13
13
12
14
16
16
15
13
14
13
13
13
16
16
16
15
Feels °C
5
7
11
11
12
10
10
10
9
11
12
12
11
10
11
10
10
10
13
13
14
13
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