Valla Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Port Macquarie (37 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (30.59° S 153.01° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Valla Beach surfForecast / NSW – Port Macquarie / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Wednesday 20 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Valla Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Valla Beach sea temperature is 23.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Valla Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Valla Beach at 11AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 1.6m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 May)	5ft (1.5m)	10s
Afternoon (20 May)	7ft (2.1m)	9s
Evening (20 May)	8ft (2.5m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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)	3	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SE 10
Wave Graph
kJ	727	563	499	450	471	818	1218	1160	1026	1048	1090	1124	1178	816	825	916	1252	1230	1317	1813	2523	2623	2697	2336
Wind (km/h)	SW	SW	WSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	10:12PM1.80m				10:48AM1.01m				11:08PM1.72m				11:52AM0.97m				00:07AM1.61m					1:01PM0.96m
Low Tide			5:04AM0.05m				4:20PM0.17m				6:05AM0.11m				5:19PM0.26m					7:07AM0.15m			6:25PM0.35m


	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	4:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:58	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—
Temp °C	17	15	15	18	21	18	16	15	14	14	15	16	18	18	16	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	17	16
Feels °C	14	12	13	15	17	13	12	12	10	10	11	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 11	E 10	ENE 9	ENE 10	ENE 10	S 14
kJ	727	563	499	450	440	440	369	313	268	273	273	273	268	220	219	177	146	116	233	68	28	32	19	36
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	E 10	—	S 19	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	94	—	7	—	—	—
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 4	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 10	S 10	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 11	SE 10
kJ	17	78	159	305	471	818	1218	1160	1026	1048	1090	1124	1178	816	825	916	1252	1230	1317	1813	2523	2623	2697	2336
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Valla Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Valla Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Valla Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Valla Beach NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Forster Beach (Nambucca) NSW - Port Macquarie	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scotts Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Currumbin Point QLD - Gold Coast	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Bellambi Point NSW - Illawarra	Sandon Point NSW - Illawarra	Sandon Point NSW - Illawarra	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	2	4
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	51	51	51	4	2	4	4	4	4	51	4	4	4	4	278	328	463	463	463	51
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4						4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	8
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	8

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