Port Macquarie-Town Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.46° S 152.94° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Port Macquarie-Town Beach sea temperature is

20.9°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 18s period with SSE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Port Macquarie-Town Beach at 7AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	18s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	11s
Evening (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 18	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	359	270	250	110	85	88	70	153	161	115	140	145	142	104	97	93	72	61	52	52	72	108	106	85
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	N	NNE	NE	NE	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	N	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide				9:46AM1.33m				10:00PM1.25m					10:23AM1.31m				10:34PM1.13m				11:00AM1.28m
Low Tide		3:35AM0.13m				3:54PM0.17m					4:05AM0.17m				4:36PM0.24m				4:35AM0.21m				5:18PM0.32m


	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:38	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	14	17	19	18	17	17	15	14	13	18	20	19	18	18	16	15	15	20	23	21	20	19
Feels °C	13	12	12	14	15	14	13	14	12	11	10	14	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	17	20	19	19	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 12	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	S 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 6	NE 6
kJ	359	270	250	78	59	53	53	153	161	115	140	145	142	104	97	93	65	57	35	32	31	18	106	85
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 21	S 20	SSE 19	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	E 13	E 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	E 13	ENE 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	E 13	E 14	E 14	SSE 10	SSE 10
kJ	146	200	124	85	85	88	70	13	13	17	17	13	15	12	11	12	12	12	13	13	16	16	18	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	ENE 13	ENE 13	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 16	SSE 16	S 15	ENE 13	S 18	S 18	N 13	E 10	E 10	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	E 16	N 12	N 12	N 12	E 14	E 14
kJ	14	35	35	110	61	53	25	4	17	6	6	3	2	2	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	16	16
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	N 3	NNE 3	N 2	NE 3	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NNE 6	—
kJ	—	1	3	1	4	19	26	35	31	26	22	21	29	71	66	77	72	61	52	52	72	108	150	—
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	2	2	2	107	229	321	152	17	17	16	2	107	288	276	107	107	17	17	2	70	537	414	2	22
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	2				2	2	2	2	1			1	1	2	1	1	2			2	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	2	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5

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