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Scotts Head surf break

Scotts Head surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 01 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
22.7° C
 (Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Scotts Head today?

The current surf forecast for Scotts Head at 5PM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)13s
Afternoon (01 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (01 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SE
1
SE
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)1313121212121212111199101091099888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12861173104886974867255139330822926223219918817616399971517069598785
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
0
ENE
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrossglasscross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
Sunrise5:48-------5:48-------5:48-------
Sunset---7:52-------7:53-------7:53----
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-------1----------11---
Temp. °C192122222221191919192020191918181921222221202019
Feels °C (?)202221212222191919192020192018192121222121212020
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