Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
19.0°C
1.6° 

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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 7AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 06). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (06 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 27°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, fresh winds from the S by Wed night).

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
ENE
9
1.4
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.3
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.2
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
1.3
S
5
1.9
S
6
2.1
S
7
2.5
SSE
8
2.5
S
9
2.3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2.3
S
10
2.3
S
9
1.8
S
9
1.8
S
9
1.8
SSE
10
1.6
S
10
1.6
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
362
313
249
249
216
211
180
106
106
82
83
302
491
807
1010
985
1250
998
918
541
565
627
479
459
Wind (km/h)
0
NW
5
N
5
WNW
5
ESE
10
NNE
15
SE
0
WSW
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
SW
30
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
30
S
30
S
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
S
20
ESE
20
SE
5
S
5
W
Wind State
glassy
off
glassy
glassy
off
cross-on
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross
High Tide
5:35AM1.01m
5:43PM1.49m
6:29AM1.14m
6:35PM1.51m
7:14AM1.27m
7:21PM1.50m
Low Tide
11:40PM0.20m
11:13AM0.33m
00:29AM0.13m
12:16PM0.26m
1:09AM0.07m
1:09PM0.19m
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light rain
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clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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1
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Temp °C
18
18
19
25
27
21
20
19
18
17
17
16
17
18
17
14
13
14
14
18
18
17
17
16
Feels °C
20
19
20
26
26
20
22
20
18
14
13
12
14
12
10
10
9
10
10
14
13
13
16
15
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