Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 10 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is

20.4°C

Nambucca Heads surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Nambucca Heads today (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 4PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	8s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	6s
Evening (04 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4						Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	ENE 8	SSE 5	SSE 6	S 5	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	5	19	30	54	37	31	32	33	33	37	57	312	405	410	308	333	386	414	361	241	189	150	143	119
Wind (km/h)	SW	SE	ESE	ESE	NNE	NNW	WNW	WNW	S	SE	ESE	SSE	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	ESE	E	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off
High Tide	5:17AM1.12m				5:14PM1.36m				6:08AM1.25m				6:07PM1.32m				6:52AM1.37m				6:53PM1.27m
Low Tide			11:03AM0.39m				11:51PM0.13m				12:07PM0.33m				00:30AM0.11m				1:01PM0.27m				1:05AM0.10m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	7:14
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	20	23	22	20	18	18	18	21	23	22	20	18	16	16	15	16	18	19	20	19	18	16	15
Feels °C	18	20	22	22	21	18	18	16	20	21	18	16	15	14	15	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 5	S 5	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 9
kJ	77	36	36	22	37	18	32	33	33	37	57	57	56	345	308	333	386	414	361	241	189	150	143	119
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	S 5	NE 7	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 14	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9
kJ	5	19	20	20	20	31	7	11	10	15	8	9	8	52	52	52	38	37	36	4	36	37	39	39
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 8	S 12	S 16	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7	S 4	S 4	S 8	S 8	E 15	E 15	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 13	E 13
kJ	4	5	3	5	16	16	18	4	1	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 3	S 4	SSE 5	SSE 6	—	—	NW 3	NW 3	—	SSE 3	SSE 4	SSE 6	SSE 7	S 8	—	—	—	—	NNE 6	ENE 8	NE 4	NE 4	NNE 4	NNE 4
kJ	3	9	30	54	—	—	2	1	—	2	17	312	405	410	—	—	—	—	3	101	14	16	13	15
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	39	215	39	0	0	16	76	14	39	118	215	61	0	0	0	0	118	124	265	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1			1	1	1	1	1				3	4	3	3	3	2			2	1	1	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	1	4	1	4	1	5	3	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	4	3	2	4	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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