Austinmer Pools Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Austinmer Pools surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 28 May 2026 AEST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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

Today's Austinmer Pools sea temperature is 20.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Austinmer Pools today (28 May):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 May, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 May, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 May, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Austinmer Pools at 7AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 28). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 May)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Afternoon (28 May)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Evening (28 May)	5ft (1.6m)	11s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Warm (max 20°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thursday 28								Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	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	S 8	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	902	792	765	701	663	651	566	564	553	512	443	434	432	432	432	443	443	443	452	386	327	295	230	225
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	SW	W	W	W
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	off	off	off
High Tide			6:02AM1.06m				6:22PM1.44m				6:48AM1.04m				6:57PM1.48m					7:32AM1.03m				7:32PM1.51m
Low Tide	00:16AM0.34m				11:48AM0.34m				1:00AM0.29m				12:24PM0.36m					1:41AM0.24m			1:00PM0.38m


	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:54	—	—
mm	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	2	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	18	19	19	17	16	15	15	14	16	20	19	16	15
Feels °C	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	13	14	14	15	16	14	13	11	11	10	11	17	14	11	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8
kJ	902	792	765	701	663	651	566	564	553	512	443	434	432	432	432	443	443	443	265	272	294	295	228	182
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 16	—	—	S 17	S 16	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10
kJ	38	35	36	35	22	21	20	19	18	18	5	—	—	6	5	214	214	226	452	386	327	273	230	225
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	—	S 12	S 11	S 11	—	—	—	—	—	—	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 13
kJ	4	4	4	4	3	—	11	10	10	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSW 3	SSW 4	S 4	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	WSW 2	WSW 3	WSW 3	—	—	WSW 3	WSW 3
kJ	—	—	5	16	45	83	170	182	181	181	275	331	324	311	277	302	339	1	1	1	—	—	5	3
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	7	13	13	13	49	49	49	120	120	88	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3				2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	9	7	6	9	9	9	8	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

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