Norries Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 24 Mar 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
26.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Norries Head today?

The current surf forecast for Norries Head at 6PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (24 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)9999910101010101112121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)101610679909841085113311531129106412021702200020692104192118051641137211731034885787698615
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
N
15
NE
15
NNE
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
1.00
1:33AM
1.48
1:55PM
0.88
2:52AM
1.45
3:30PM
0.84
4:14AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
0.31
6:33PM
0.23
8:29AM
0.39
7:38PM
0.32
10:05AM
0.39
9:05PM
0.36
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:52-------6:50----
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1122221-----------------
Temp. °C212324232221202020232625232221202025262524232322
Feels °C (?)202223232221202120232626252523222227262525232323
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