Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 4 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

20.8°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 12AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	8s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the S by Sun morning).
	Thu 5				Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSW 4	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	99	86	200	336	364	279	324	332	311	332	276	220	136	105	105	82	67	63	61	41	53	308
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SSE	S	SW	WSW	W	W	ESE	E	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	E	NE	NE	N	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			6:07PM1.32m				6:52AM1.37m				6:53PM1.27m				7:31AM1.48m				7:36PM1.22m
Low Tide					00:30AM0.11m				1:01PM0.27m				1:05AM0.10m				1:48PM0.22m				1:37AM0.10m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47
	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	24	21	19	17	16	15	16	18	19	20	19	17	16	15	18	22	26	24	21	19	18	16
Feels °C	21	18	16	15	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	16	15	14	18	21	23	23	23	17	14	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	NE 6	NE 6	E 9
kJ	8	80	79	75	364	279	324	332	311	332	276	220	136	105	105	82	60	42	41	54	36	41
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	E 15	E 15	E 15	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	S 7	E 9	NE 6
kJ	3	4	4	4	51	52	52	52	51	51	36	37	39	39	63	67	67	63	61	27	41	19
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	E 15	E 15	E 15	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 14	E 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 13	NE 6	E 13	E 14	NE 13	NE 12	NE 12	E 9	E 12	E 12
kJ	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	6	6	6	41	12	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 8	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 3	N 3	N 3	N 4	NNE 5	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	SSW 4	S 7
kJ	99	86	200	336	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	5	12	17	21	51	74	—	53	308
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	118	158	61	0	0	0	0	124	124	215	0	0	0	0	0	23	229	109	0	0	158	0
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Rating (10 max)			2	3	4	4	3	3			2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	2	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5

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