Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 07 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
19.7°C
0.9° 

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 (07 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 10PM is: 2.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)--
Afternoon (07 Oct)7ft (2.1m)8s
Evening (07 Oct)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Sat morning, min 12°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Wed
7
Thursday
8
Friday
9
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)
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2
SSE
7
2.3
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
9
2.3
S
10
2.5
S
10
2
S
10
2.2
S
9
1.6
S
9
1.7
SSE
11
1.6
SSE
10
1.5
S
10
1.4
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
11
1.8
SSE
11
1.8
SSE
11
1.8
SSE
11
1.7
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
403
686
972
985
1250
739
803
412
698
492
414
340
333
352
433
668
773
773
759
643
Wind (km/h)
25
S
25
SSE
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
20
SE
15
ESE
5
SSE
10
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
Wind State
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
High Tide
6:35PM1.51m
7:14AM1.27m
7:21PM1.50m
7:54AM1.39m
8:02PM1.46m
Low Tide
1:09AM0.07m
1:09PM0.19m
1:45AM0.03m
1:57PM0.14m
rain showers
light rain
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
18
18
17
16
15
14
14
18
17
17
17
15
13
12
13
17
19
20
19
17
Feels °C
14
13
12
12
11
10
11
15
13
14
16
13
11
11
12
15
16
18
19
18
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