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Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Monday 16 Mar 2026 AEDT
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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
25.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 9AM is: 0.8m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)17s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s
Evening (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)20181716161514141313111113121212111111116668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)373404368330239218206146130833736323026434137364041433322
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
15
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SSE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offglassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
1.48
7:40PM
1.12
7:47AM
1.56
8:17PM
1.24
8:25AM
1.59
8:54PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
0.31
1:48PM
0.16
1:25AM
0.22
2:20PM
0.07
2:08AM
0.14
2:51PM
-0.00
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----7:04-------7:02-------7:01--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C191818232424222220202025272624232221212324232422
Feels °C (?)191819232221202219202025262525252423232525242623
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