Port Macquarie-Town Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.46° S 152.94° E

Issued: 9 am 02 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Port Macquarie-Town Beach sea temperature is

20.2°C

Port Macquarie-Town Beach 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 Port Macquarie-Town Beach today (02 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Port Macquarie-Town Beach at 1PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am October 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Afternoon (02 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	6s
Evening (02 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	7s

Table - waves today at Port Macquarie-Town Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the N on Sat night, light winds from the WSW by Sun night).
	Friday 2						Saturday 3								Sunday 4
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	109	96	146	217	246	233	233	213	200	164	178	202	220	259	261	316	344	336	365	456	441	569
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			12:21PM1.39m				00:53AM0.88m					1:28PM1.37m				3:17AM0.85m				2:48PM1.36m
Low Tide	5:33AM0.30m					7:13PM0.34m			6:31AM0.38m					8:41PM0.37m				7:48AM0.44m


	5:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:22	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:51	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	20	22	20	19	18	17	16	16	20	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	22	22	22	20	19
Feels °C	12	16	18	17	16	14	13	13	14	18	18	18	16	14	14	14	14	20	18	20	20	20
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	NE 7	NE 7	S 9	S 18	SSE 18	SSE 17	SSE 16	SSE 15	SSE 15	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	NE 8
kJ	22	20	9	9	9	7	7	2	200	164	2	25	30	27	25	22	21	6	14	14	14	427
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 15	S 14	S 15	S 9	S 9	S 18	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 9
kJ	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	4	4	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 14	S 18	S 14	—	S 6	S 6	S 5	—	—	—	S 13	—	S 11	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	6	4	—	1	1	1	—	—	—	3	—	10	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NNE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 7
kJ	109	96	146	217	246	233	233	213	313	278	178	202	220	259	261	316	344	336	365	456	441	569
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Cronulla Point NSW - Sydney South Coast	Warriewood NSW - Sydney North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Yacaaba Head-Boulders NSW - Port Macquarie	Sandbar NSW - Port Macquarie	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Bonny Hills NSW - Port Macquarie	Elim NSW - Port Macquarie	Blueys Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Bilgola Beach NSW - Sydney North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Yacaaba Head-Boulders NSW - Port Macquarie	Forster Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Mollymook Beach NSW - South Coast	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Tuncurry-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Lighthouse Beach Port Macquarie NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	2	4	2	3	2	2	2	4
Distance (km)	17	107	333	291	169	125	111	17	17	103	109	286	107	169	169	125	91	70	486	240	89	2
Best forecast wave conditions in Port Macquarie	Back Bommie	Nambucca Heads				Yacaaba Head-Boulders	Back Bommie	Tuncurry-North Wall	Tuncurry-North Wall	Blueys Beach	Blueys Beach		Yacaaba Head-Boulders			Yacaaba Head-Boulders	Back Bommie	Blueys Beach			Tuncurry-North Wall	Bonny Hills
Rating (10 max)	1	1				2	3	3	3	3	2		2			4	3	4			2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	3	1	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	1	2	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	7
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	7

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