Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 3 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

19.9°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today (02 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 7AM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am October 02). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (02 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s
Evening (02 Oct)	0.5ft (0.2m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sun morning, min 15°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Friday 2								Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	SSE 11	SSE 11	ENE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 15	S 18	S 9	S 18	S 18	S 18	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 9	S 15	S 16	S 9	S 9	ENE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	55	22	22	23	20	10	9	8	7	7	4	6	2	6	6	6	114	158	48	17	5	6	6	383
Wind (km/h)	N	NNW	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide	11:21PM1.02m				11:58AM1.50m				00:31AM0.92m					1:09PM1.45m				1:58AM0.87m				2:27PM1.44m
Low Tide			5:08AM0.24m				6:51PM0.30m				6:08AM0.32m					8:16PM0.31m				7:27AM0.38m				9:36PM0.27m


	—	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	15	14	22	24	21	18	17	16	15	15	20	22	20	19	18	17	17	16	22	26	22	20	19
Feels °C	14	14	13	20	20	17	15	14	14	13	13	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	20	22	19	18	19
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	SSE 11	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 18	S 18	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 9	S 15	S 9	S 9	S 9	ENE 8
kJ	55	22	12	23	20	10	9	8	7	7	2	2	2	2	6	6	114	158	48	17	2	6	6	383
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	ENE 8	SSE 11	SSE 10	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 14	S 14	—	—	S 18	—	S 18	S 9	S 9	S 17	S 16	S 15	—	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 9
kJ	39	14	22	22	4	4	4	4	4	—	—	6	—	6	2	2	6	21	4	—	5	5	5	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	S 15	S 15	S 14	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 15	—	—	—	—	—	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 18	S 13	S 13	—	S 15
kJ	7	4	5	4	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	6	3	3	—	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 4	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	N 5	N 4	NE 6	NE 8	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	N 7
kJ	15	69	59	47	102	177	169	146	161	151	136	106	129	177	164	147	59	25	177	341	260	469	494	107
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	2
Distance (km)	0	0	35	0	433	417	270	246	229	35	51	173	192	341	246	270	0	0	0	173	293	772	122	0
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1					2	3	3	3	2				1	1	4	4			3	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	3	1	2	4	5	5	5	5	6	1	2	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	7
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Rating (10 max)	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	8	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	7

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