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Nambucca Heads surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 09 Jan 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
24.0° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today?

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 10AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Afternoon (09 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)15s
Evening (09 Jan)--

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.3
E
0.1
S
0.3
E
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
2.4
NE
2.4
NE
2.2
NE
2
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.5
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)8558158666777677888888677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1234331241200145158000000000278232221279377
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
15
N
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
N
25
N
20
N
20
N
20
NNE
35
NE
40
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
SSW
20
SSE
35
SE
30
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:19AM
1.12
1:12PM
1.32
2:14AM
1.13
1:58PM
1.16
3:13AM
1.16
2:50PM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
0.39
7:49PM
0.20
7:58AM
0.49
8:30PM
0.26
9:11AM
0.56
9:14PM
0.31
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise--5:54-------5:54-------5:56-----
Sunset-----7:53-------7:53-------7:53--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C212022262827242222212330323026242221222424242321
Feels °C (?)222122242423212020202227272725242322222320212018
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