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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 9 am Wednesday 27 Aug 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Acids today?
The current surf forecast for Acids at 4PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am August 27). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (27 Aug) | 6ft (1.8m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (27 Aug) | 5ft (1.6m) | 10s |
| Evening (27 Aug) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Acids. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Sat 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 717 | 650 | 500 | 451 | 487 | 431 | 383 | 384 | 336 | 408 | 456 | 433 | 361 | 305 | 290 | 255 | 191 | 153 | 146 | 167 | 148 | 118 | 98 | 77 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:38AM 1.30 | 10:44PM 1.21 | 11:14AM 1.29 | 11:23PM 1.10 | 11:54AM 1.27 | 12:07AM 0.99 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:23AM 0.23 | 4:44PM 0.35 | 4:52AM 0.30 | 5:31PM 0.41 | 5:23AM 0.38 | 6:23PM 0.46 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Sat 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 5:32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 0 | -2 |
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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). A 1.5m swell from the ENE
Actual: 58 min ago
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