Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Nambucca Heads 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
21.4°C
0.4° 

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 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (07 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (07 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (07 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 5AM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 06). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Nov)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (07 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (07 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, strong winds from the S by Sun afternoon).

Fri
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Mon
9
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)
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
SSE
9
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
S
8
1
S
8
1
S
8
0.9
S
8
0.8
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.5
E
9
2.1
S
7
2.1
S
8
2.3
S
8
2.5
S
9
3.5
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
10
2.5
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
333
276
210
136
136
108
82
63
61
41
41
400
487
703
1172
1917
1633
1308
1594
1347
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
5
NNW
10
ESE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
NW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
45
S
35
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:53PM1.27m
7:31AM1.48m
7:36PM1.22m
8:06AM1.55m
8:16PM1.17m
Low Tide
1:05AM0.10m
1:48PM0.22m
1:37AM0.10m
2:31PM0.18m
2:09AM0.12m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
19
18
18
16
17
21
24
24
21
20
17
16
15
16
19
19
16
14
13
13
Feels °C
17
18
17
16
17
20
21
23
22
21
13
11
10
9
11
9
9
10
9
9
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