Norries Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.34° S 153.58° E

Issued: 4 pm 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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 (04 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Norries Head at 9PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Evening (04 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s

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.
	Wed 4				Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	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	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 9	N 6	NNE 6	E 8	SSE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9
Wave Graph
kJ	64	94	78	76	58	64	53	56	59	53	59	136	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	52	52	55
Wind (km/h)	E	ENE	N	WNW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	WNW	W	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NE	N	NNW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-off	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	off	off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			5:09PM1.41m				5:59AM1.24m				5:59PM1.37m				6:43AM1.37m				6:43PM1.31m
Low Tide					11:47PM0.15m				11:56AM0.32m				00:25AM0.11m				12:50PM0.28m				00:59AM0.09m


	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:07	—	—	—	7:08
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	28	25	22	21	20	20	23	30	32	31	21	20	19	19	19	21	22	21	20	19	18	17
Feels °C	29	26	24	22	19	19	21	26	28	29	19	18	17	18	18	21	20	19	19	18	18	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 6	N 6	E 8	E 8	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	N 6	E 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	64	94	33	33	58	64	53	49	56	52	31	50	50	50	214	186	211	275	243	169	136	130
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 8	E 8	SSE 3	S 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	S 5	E 9	E 8	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	31	33	1	6	33	33	48	56	5	53	51	17	20	20	50	50	50	50	51	52	52	55
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	SSE 3	S 8	S 8	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	E 15	S 5	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 14	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 11	N 5	ENE 4	NE 4
kJ	6	1	1	1	12	18	10	5	4	2	4	4	4	4	19	19	12	6	5	2	9	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	E 3	N 6	N 6	—	WSW 2	—	—	N 6	N 6	S 4	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 7	—	—	—	—	NNE 6	ENE 4	NE 4	N 5
kJ	—	5	78	76	—	1	—	—	59	72	59	136	142	212	—	—	—	—	6	8	13	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	102	23	20	0	19	0	19	20	196	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		3	3	2	2	2	1		2	2	2	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	5	6

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