Scotts Head surf break

Scotts Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 AEST
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Scotts Head surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Scotts Head sea temperature is
25.3° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scotts Head today?

The current surf forecast for Scotts Head at 7AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
SSE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)888101099999101010999999910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)273262231216220207168168166170143146143137106818184104109118118121122
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
S
15
ESE
10
E
5
N
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
N
20
E
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNE
15
E
10
ESE
5
SSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10PM
1.47
10:21AM
1.03
10:47PM
1.40
11:01AM
0.94
11:31PM
1.33
11:49AM
0.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:39AM
0.28
4:08PM
0.27
5:24AM
0.35
4:43PM
0.34
6:18AM
0.42
5:25PM
0.41
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise--6:01-------6:01-------6:01-----
Sunset-----5:38-------5:37-------5:37--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181716202021201816151622242523212020202625252321
Feels °C (?)171615191820201815141522222423212020192623262523
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