Norries Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.34° S 153.58° E

Issued: 10 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Norries Head sea temperature is

22.2°C

Norries Head 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 Norries Head today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Norries Head at 6PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (05 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 32°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 8	SSE 6	SSE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	53	56	56	53	50	173	158	50	50	50	50	50	51	52	52	55	81	60	58	58	58	58	58	58
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SE	ESE	ENE	NE	N	NNW	NW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on
High Tide	5:59AM1.24m				5:59PM1.37m				6:43AM1.37m				6:43PM1.31m				7:23AM1.48m				7:25PM1.25m
Low Tide			11:56AM0.32m				00:25AM0.11m				12:50PM0.28m				00:59AM0.09m				1:39PM0.25m				1:30AM0.08m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:08	—	—	—	7:09
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	23	30	32	31	24	20	20	19	19	22	22	21	19	19	18	17	19	24	26	24	21	21	20	19
Feels °C	22	27	28	30	23	18	18	17	18	21	20	20	18	19	18	17	18	22	24	24	21	22	21	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	N 6	E 9	E 9	NNE 5	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	NE 5	N 5	NNE 5
kJ	53	38	56	53	39	50	49	50	50	277	250	262	227	190	218	173	129	92	66	48	58	21	56	37
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 9	S 5	S 5	E 8	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	48	56	5	2	50	17	18	20	21	50	50	50	51	52	52	55	81	60	58	58	46	58	58	58
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	S 6	N 10	N 10	NE 10	E 15	NE 10	E 14	E 14	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	NE 10	E 13	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	S 8	S 8	SSE 8
kJ	10	5	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	19	12	6	6	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	33	31	19
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	N 6	N 6	S 3	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	ENE 3	—	NNE 5	NNE 5	NNE 5	N 3	N 4	N 4	N 5	NNW 5	N 5	S 8
kJ	—	—	46	49	5	173	158	181	229	—	—	—	1	—	11	11	8	7	19	37	45	35	80	40
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	16	34	23	0	0	19	34	20	20	0	0	0	0	55	475	196	21	21	0	18
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1			1	1	1	1
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