Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 08 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
24.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 9PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)--
Afternoon (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (08 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
2
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)1010101010109910101114141313131313131212121414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)132121156156158148139113117141165215265239295295350414470434423423663617
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
ESE
5
W
10
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
W
5
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NE
15
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:50AM
0.86
12:25AM
1.27
12:57PM
0.80
1:30AM
1.23
2:24PM
0.80
2:41AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:25PM
0.42
7:26AM
0.46
6:21PM
0.48
8:44AM
0.46
7:38PM
0.52
9:51AM
0.40
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise------6:03-------6:03-------6:03-
Sunset-5:37-------5:35-------5:34------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252423212020192223242221202020252827242422222228
Feels °C (?)232426222121192324252422212121262826242422232229
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