Norries Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 11 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
26.7° 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 6PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 11). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (11 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (11 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
Period(s) (?)9910111110111112121211111111121212121111788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4334548348757166899721064114111411100861846777777805819819135613651537696818776
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:01PM
0.82
3:30AM
1.18
3:47PM
0.79
4:47AM
1.24
5:14PM
0.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
0.59
8:01PM
0.45
10:39AM
0.57
9:28PM
0.47
11:51AM
0.48
10:49PM
0.42
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:43-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:06-------7:05----
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------11211111
Temp. °C212526252221202021273028242424242324242423222222
Feels °C (?)212526252322212021273029252627262524242322202019
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