Bulli Beach surf break

Bulli Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 16 Oct 2025 AEDT
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Bulli Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bulli Beach sea temperature is
19.1° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bulli Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Bulli Beach at 4AM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 2.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (17 Oct)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (17 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

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Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
4
4
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.7
S
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
NE
0.6
S
2.1
NE
Period(s) (?)7888888868888887777777126
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3716508247164573802842211801281251119996676543413961327900
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
SE
30
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
0
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
20
NNE
30
NE
35
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
1.35
6:31AM
1.15
6:24PM
1.34
7:09AM
1.24
7:09PM
1.32
7:42AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15AM
0.23
12:15PM
0.43
12:54AM
0.22
1:05PM
0.36
1:27AM
0.22
1:48PM
0.30
Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise----6:13-------6:11-------6:09---
Sunset-------7:10-------7:12-------7:12
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------1--------1-----
Temp. °C212020222430291917161616161919181715151515202323
Feels °C (?)201918192329291514131516171816141514141414171818
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bulli Beach (light winds from the WSW at Port Kembla Ntc Aws 5 km from Bulli Beach). 2.8m 8s swell from the NNE with a 1.0m 8s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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WSW
Clean
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