Norries Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 23 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
26.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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 4PM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (23 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (23 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
1.2
ENE
2
E
2
E
2.2
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
Period(s) (?)1414888899999999991012121212131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127130197526562660773900921921847938123010381121104111702104225424572548250823342053
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
0
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
ononglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:44AM
1.16
12:26AM
1.54
12:40PM
1.00
1:33AM
1.48
1:55PM
0.88
2:52AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
0.21
5:43PM
0.14
7:04AM
0.31
6:33PM
0.23
8:29AM
0.39
7:38PM
0.32
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---6:53-------6:52-------6:52----
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
12231--113333211-----12-
Temp. °C202324232222212121232323222121212124262523222120
Feels °C (?)212324232222202020222323232222222224262525242422
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