Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
19.1°C
1.5° 

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):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 6AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (07 Oct)7ft (2.2m)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 morning. Warm (max 21°C on Tue night, min 12°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
S
8
1.2
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
1.6
S
6
1.9
S
7
1.9
SSE
7
2.4
SSE
8
2.5
S
9
2.4
S
9
2.2
S
10
2.4
S
10
2.3
S
9
1.9
S
9
2.1
S
11
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
S
10
1.6
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
10
211
161
111
158
335
394
713
987
1014
919
1087
899
567
992
574
479
471
Wind (km/h)
0
NNW
10
SW
10
WSW
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
S
20
ESE
15
SE
5
SSE
5
WNW
Wind State
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-off
High Tide
5:43PM1.49m
6:29AM1.14m
6:35PM1.51m
7:14AM1.27m
7:21PM1.50m
Low Tide
00:29AM0.13m
12:16PM0.26m
1:09AM0.07m
1:09PM0.19m
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
21
19
18
17
17
16
18
18
17
15
14
14
14
18
17
17
17
15
Feels °C
23
19
17
12
12
12
13
12
11
11
10
10
10
15
13
14
16
14
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