Austinmer Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
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Austinmer Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Austinmer Beach sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Austinmer Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Austinmer Beach at 1PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)7s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
S
0.8
NE
0.5
S
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)688777101077776861177101099911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134197137706637989061585444422143575435323142189211279
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
S
5
SE
10
ENE
10
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
W
20
NW
25
N
20
NNW
15
NW
10
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:54AM
1.06
5:48PM
1.48
6:36AM
1.14
6:34PM
1.49
7:13AM
1.22
7:14PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.41
12:32AM
0.17
12:15PM
0.35
1:08AM
0.15
1:00PM
0.29
1:40AM
0.15
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise5:52-------5:50-------5:50-------
Sunset---5:49-------5:49-------5:50----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C121617181514131214192322181917161718181814121010
Feels °C (?)9151616131312101116191915151414151211129766
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Austinmer Beach (moderate winds from the SE at FlyStanwell 11 km from Austinmer Beach). 1.2m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.4m 7s swell from the NE and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 54 min ago

28 km/h
SE
Cross-On
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