Norries Head surfForecast / NSW – North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 09 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 2AM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (10 Mar)8ft (2.4m)8s
Evening (10 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
4
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
E
1.9
E
2.2
ESE
1.9
E
1.8
ESE
1.7
E
2.4
SE
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)8888888998889910101010101012121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3674416664644163827344304354323763853634086987877266796666419371029959870
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SE
15
ESE
5
ENE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNE
15
N
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
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
1.25
12:51PM
0.91
2:08AM
1.19
2:01PM
0.82
3:30AM
1.18
3:47PM
0.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:15PM
0.30
7:28AM
0.54
6:57PM
0.39
8:54AM
0.59
8:01PM
0.45
10:39AM
0.57
Mon
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise----6:41-------6:43-------6:43---
Sunset-------7:08-------7:07-------7:06
light rain
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
4521-12111--------------
Temp. °C222222222224242522212120202326252221202021262827
Feels °C (?)232322222224232422212120202326252423222223272828
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