Norries Head 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 28.34° S 153.58° E

Issued: 9 am 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Norries Head sea temperature is

21.1°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 (09 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Norries Head at 6PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 09). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Afternoon (09 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Evening (09 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	12s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 20°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 9						Thursday 10								Friday 11
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	SE 11	ESE 11	ENE 8	NE 15	E 9	E 15	SE 23	E 15	E 14	E 9	N 16	N 17	N 15	SE 8	SE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	14	14	14	14	18	30	56	60	79	14	8	6	4	21	4	4	6	5	5	4	557	527
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	ENE	NE	NNE	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide	6:22AM1.15m				6:44PM1.77m					7:05AM1.26m				7:24PM1.76m				7:46AM1.36m				8:02PM1.69m
Low Tide			12:11PM0.06m					1:19AM0.03m			12:58PM0.01m					1:52AM0.00m				1:42PM0.01m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:36	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	16	19	20	19	18	18	16	16	16	16	18	18	17	18	16	14	15	16	18	18	18	17
Feels °C	14	18	18	17	17	18	14	13	12	11	12	13	12	14	13	11	13	13	15	15	16	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 11	ESE 11	ENE 8	S 18	E 9	E 15	SE 23	SSE 23	SSE 22	SSE 21	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 14	E 14
kJ	388	336	328	288	251	257	217	60	79	14	24	6	4	21	51	48	42	4	4	4	15	15
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 8	ENE 9	E 15	NE 15	E 15	S 23	E 15	E 15	E 14	E 9	N 16	S 22	S 21	S 21	NE 15
kJ	14	14	14	14	14	30	56	13	15	4	8	4	11	4	4	4	6	5	9	9	9	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ESE 13	E 9	E 8	NE 6	E 15	E 15	S 24	S 23	—	E 15	—	—	E 14	—	N 17	N 15	N 15	S 21
kJ	2	2	2	2	18	13	13	1	4	4	11	11	—	4	—	—	4	—	5	4	4	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	NE 6	—	—	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8
kJ	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	315	675	1245	1621	1474	1372	1133	1020	909	868	787	617	617	557	527
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	19	20	196	123	0	0	20	223	306	306	306	123	19	19	19	0	19	19	19	19	19
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