Barrack Point surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 AEDT
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Barrack Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Barrack Point sea temperature is
19.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Barrack Point today?

The current surf forecast for Barrack Point at 1PM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (15 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (15 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

Table - waves today at Barrack Point. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.8
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
2.4
NE
1.7
ENE
2.3
NE
1.4
ENE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
2.2
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)89978510106788888888888799
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62101965435333031358617819322974438372827320615811784471754863
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
off
glassoffcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
1.36
5:44AM
1.06
5:32PM
1.35
6:31AM
1.15
6:24PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
0.54
11:27PM
0.24
11:15AM
0.50
12:15AM
0.23
12:15PM
0.43
12:54AM
0.22
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise6:15-------6:13-------6:13-------
Sunset---7:08-------7:09-------7:10----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162122211818161518222424191920232531322217141414
Feels °C (?)16201919181816151921222218181820232929181391012
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Barrack Point (moderate winds from the NE at Wollongong Airport 9 km from Barrack Point). 0.8m 8s swell from the SSE with a 0.5m 9s swell from the ENE and a 0.4m 4s local chop, also from the ENE as well as a 0.3m 9s swell, also from the SSE. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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20 km/h
NE
Onshore
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