Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 3 pm 27 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

19.5° 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 (27 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 10PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (27 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (27 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Evening (27 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.
	Mon 27				Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29
	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	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 7	ENE 5	ENE 5
Wave Graph
kJ	230	217	173	169	135	132	123	90	34	45	28	29	18	16	21	18	12	8	11	11
Wind (km/h)	SE	ESE	N	WNW	W	W	WNW	N	E	ENE	N	NNW	W	W	W	WSW	S	E	SE	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	on	cross	glassy	cross-off
High Tide			6:57PM1.50m					7:16AM0.97m				7:34PM1.56m				7:54AM1.02m				8:09PM1.60m
Low Tide						1:41AM0.25m			12:53PM0.23m					2:15AM0.20m				1:32PM0.19m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:35	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	5:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:12	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	16	16	15	14	12	13	16	18	19	16	16	14	14	13	16	20	20	17	14
Feels °C	13	15	16	14	13	11	12	16	15	16	14	14	12	11	10	13	16	17	16	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SE 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 7	ENE 5	ENE 5
kJ	230	217	173	169	135	132	123	90	29	45	28	29	18	12	21	18	12	8	11	11
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 7	E 7	S 8	SE 8	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SSE 7	S 6	S 6
kJ	5	11	11	10	11	10	1	1	34	22	21	13	12	16	10	9	8	4	7	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 11	E 12	S 10	S 10	NE 7	NE 3	NE 4	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	S 18	ESE 7	SE 6
kJ	12	5	2	2	2	2	3	3	8	8	2	1	4	7	11	7	7	6	4	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 2	ENE 3	—	—	—	—	—	SSW 4	ENE 5	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	2	16	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Turners Beach NSW - North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Shelly Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Shelly Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Angourie Point NSW - North Coast	The Pass NSW - North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Sawtell NSW - Port Macquarie	North wall NSW - North Coast	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Ballina South Wall NSW - North Coast	Backsides NSW - North Coast	North Haven NSW - Port Macquarie	North Haven NSW - Port Macquarie	Main Beach - North Stradbroke Island QLD - Gold Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	52	124	0	0	0	0	0	0	118	215	0	0	16	189	14	188	193	127	127	332
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1			1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	5	5	5	5	4	4	9	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	9	5	6

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