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Acids Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Acids surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 13 Oct 2025 AEDT
How big are the waves at Acids today?
The current surf forecast for Acids at 4AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 13). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Oct) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (14 Oct) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
| Evening (14 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Acids. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 614 | 449 | 384 | 392 | 319 | 313 | 267 | 226 | 162 | 120 | 118 | 83 | 85 | 134 | 119 | 60 | 47 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 49 | 124 | 154 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | glass | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross | cross- off | off | glass | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:27AM 0.95 | 3:16PM 1.39 | 4:44AM 0.99 | 4:29PM 1.36 | 5:44AM 1.06 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:13PM 0.24 | 8:38AM 0.54 | 10:26PM 0.25 | 10:02AM 0.54 | 11:27PM 0.24 | 11:15AM 0.49 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mon 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:08 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:09 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 23 | 26 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 23 | 23 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra
Continuing clean conditions at Acids (light winds from the W at Bellambi Automatic Weather Station 4 km from Acids). 1.7m 9s swell from the SSE with a 0.4m 8s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 41 min ago
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