Nambucca Heads Surf Break

Lat Long: 30.50° S 153.03° E

Issued: 3 pm 04 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nambucca Heads sea temperature is
19.6° C

Slightly cooler than normal

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 (04 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Nambucca Heads at 9PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)--
Afternoon (04 Jul)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (04 Jul)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Tue morning).

Sat
4
Sunday
5
Monday
6
Tue
7
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.2
S
12
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
10
1.4
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.8
S
9
1.5
S
12
2.2
S
12
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
11
3.5
SSE
11
3.5
SSE
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
228
187
403
338
242
384
146
111
636
1435
2435
1682
3502
2685
2276
1853
1785
1785
1724
1626
1690
1807
2427
2667
Wind (km/h)
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
10:54PM1.48m
11:38AM1.05m
11:33PM1.41m
12:28PM1.10m
00:17AM1.33m
Low Tide
4:24PM0.31m
5:38AM0.17m
5:10PM0.37m
6:16AM0.16m
6:05PM0.42m
6:57AM0.17m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:45
6:45
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
4:58
4:59
4:59
5:00
 mm
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
15
15
13
13
14
14
14
14
17
15
14
13
13
13
14
15
16
15
15
14
14
15
15
Feels °C
12
13
14
11
10
11
11
11
10
12
11
9
9
9
9
9
10
10
11
12
11
10
11
11
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
S
8
0.9
S
8
1.2
S
12
1.2
S
11
1.1
S
10
1
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.8
S
9
0.5
E
8
0.6
E
12
0.5
E
12
1.6
SSE
14
0.4
E
12
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
11
0.4
ESE
14
0.4
ESE
14
0.4
ESE
14
0.4
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
12
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
Energy kJ
160
104
403
338
242
188
146
111
31
107
72
1045
42
26
23
67
68
65
58
54
33
30
1897
2116
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
E
12
0.5
E
12
0.6
E
12
0.6
E
12
0.6
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.3
E
13
0.4
ESE
12
0.2
E
16
0.3
E
16
0.3
E
15
0.2
E
11
0.2
E
10
0.2
ESE
10
0.3
ESE
12
0.3
ESE
13
Energy kJ
80
75
100
93
85
57
54
51
30
47
19
43
40
9
8
10
30
33
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
ENE
7
0.4
ENE
7
0.1
N
8
0.1
NE
8
0.2
E
13
0.4
NE
7
0.3
NE
7
0.5
S
12
0.2
ENE
8
0.2
ESE
10
0.2
E
13
Energy kJ
18
18
1
3
14
14
8
77
6
10
13
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.3
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.4
S
10
0.6
S
3
0.8
S
4
1.5
S
12
2.2
S
12
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
13
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
12
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
11
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
11
3.5
SSE
11
3.5
SSE
11
Energy kJ
228
187
384
8
25
636
1435
2435
1682
3502
2685
2276
1853
1785
1785
1724
1626
1690
1807
2427
2667
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
2
3
4
3
5
5
3
4
3
2
2
4
4
4
4
5
6
Distance (km)
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
61
224
61
61
124
14
124
268
264
61
14
14
14
14
14
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Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
4
4
4
5
4
5
5
4
4
4
4
5
5
6
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Rating
(10 max)
4
5
5
5
5
4
4
9
9
9
9
8
6
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
5
7
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
5
5
5
4
5
5
9
9
9
8
6
5
5
6
6
6
5
5
8
8
8
8
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