Shelly Beach surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 AEDT
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Shelly Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shelly Beach sea temperature is
19.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Shelly Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Shelly Beach at 5PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (21 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (21 Oct)4ft (1.2m)6s

Table - waves today at Shelly Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.8
NE
2.2
NE
3
NE
2.4
NE
2.1
NE
1.8
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)666666966677888888101010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)71546469103106134188226231411817690542393268203179221237218227227300
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
ESE
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
25
NNE
35
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
5
WSW
10
SSW
20
SSE
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
5
SE
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:40AM
1.47
8:48PM
1.24
9:11AM
1.51
9:21PM
1.18
9:42AM
1.52
9:55PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:55PM
0.18
2:46AM
0.12
3:32PM
0.18
3:14AM
0.15
4:09PM
0.20
3:43AM
0.20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Fri
24
Sunrise6:03-------6:01-------6:01-------
Sunset---7:00-------7:01-------7:02----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212221201919181821303232262425252321212019191816
Feels °C (?)222322222119171719262728242325242216171717191916
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Port Macquarie

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-on wind has become light (calm at Upper Orara 29 km from Shelly Beach). 0.4m 8s swell from the ENE with a 0.2m 10s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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29 km away, 49 min ago

3 km/h
SE
0.0
19.8
Air / Water (°C)
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