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Norries Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Norries Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Norries Head sea temperature is
26.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Norries Head today?

The current surf forecast for Norries Head at 3PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (17 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)7s

Table - waves today at Norries Head. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
SE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)7777777777791111666111161010108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)206206166817167655348513471434251383229292371826735
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
N
20
NNE
20
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		onononcross-
on		crossoffoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:56AM
1.75
9:11PM
1.20
9:29AM
1.77
9:47PM
1.27
10:03AM
1.74
10:25PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29PM
0.06
3:00AM
0.03
4:00PM
0.02
3:39AM
0.03
4:31PM
0.00
4:19AM
0.06
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise6:28-------6:28-------6:30-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:29-------7:28----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222525242221201920262726232222212227272624222221
Feels °C (?)212323232222212021262626232323222327272626242524
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