Norries Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.34° S 153.58° E

Issued: 4 am 10 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 (10 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 11s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Norries Head at 7AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 10). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (10 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Afternoon (10 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s
Evening (10 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Wed night. Warm (max 28°C on Thu morning, min 18°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the N by Wed afternoon).
	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Fri 13
	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	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	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	E 11	NE 11	NE 11	E 11	E 11	NE 11	NE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	35	32	31	30	30	35	30	30	20	20	18	17	16	16	17	135	212	225	188	16	16	15	14	146	149	137
Wind (km/h)	SSE	ENE	NNW	N	N	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNE	ENE	NNE	NNW	NW	WNW	NNW	ENE	NE	NNW	NW	WSW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off
High Tide				9:12AM1.62m				9:21PM1.07m				9:48AM1.60m				9:59PM1.01m				10:26AM1.56m				10:39PM0.96m
Low Tide		2:34AM0.12m				3:45PM0.21m				3:07AM0.15m				4:25PM0.24m				3:41AM0.19m					5:07PM0.28m			4:18AM0.25m


	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46
	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	7:13
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	16	7	—	—	—	—	1	14	1	1	1	—
Temp °C	17	17	18	21	24	23	21	21	21	20	22	27	27	22	21	21	21	21	22	28	24	23	22	21	21	21
Feels °C	17	18	18	20	22	21	20	20	20	20	22	26	25	22	22	21	20	20	23	30	25	25	25	23	24	23
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	NNE 6	NNE 6	NNE 7
kJ	876	823	807	734	647	532	473	426	345	338	292	274	223	169	135	124	94	84	64	62	62	44	43	146	149	137
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 9	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 9	E 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	26	26	26	26	26	35	20	20	20	20	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	41	35	34
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 12	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 11	NE 10	N 15	NNE 10	NNE 10	N 14	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	NNE 10	E 9	E 8	E 8
kJ	35	32	31	30	30	30	30	30	18	18	18	17	4	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	12
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NNE 3	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 5	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	—	NNW 7	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	3	19	54	90	112	121	89	85	134	177	141	135	212	225	188	111	91	113	109	—	79	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	19	0	0	0	0	0	196	808	196	125	34	21	21	60	246	201	0	0	4	0	0	21	123	119	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	4	3			3	3	3	1	1	2		2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	1	2	2	3
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Rating (10 max)	9	6	6	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	8	8

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