Bulli Beach surf break

Bulli Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Thursday 21 Aug 2025 AEST
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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
19.8° C
(Which is 2.5°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 8AM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Aug)8ft (2.5m)7s
Afternoon (21 Aug)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (21 Aug)11ft (3.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
2
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
E
2.5
E
2.5
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3.5
NE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
NE
2.3
ENE
2.3
ENE
3
NE
3
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)777888899888889999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)494685645858126412411479191816991114900101271475823661261947682675598618445377333
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
20
ENE
20
NNE
10
NW
5
SW
0
S
5
ENE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcrossglasscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
1.06
6:52PM
1.61
7:38AM
1.12
7:36PM
1.62
8:17AM
1.18
8:17PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56AM
0.13
12:21PM
0.35
1:39AM
0.10
1:10PM
0.30
2:17AM
0.08
1:55PM
0.27
Thursday
21
Friday
22
Saturday
23
Sunrise--6:30-------6:28-------6:26-----
Sunset-----5:29-------5:30-------5:30--
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
51098411111031------------11
Temp. °C151414161514141515141314151614141513141616151514
Feels °C (?)101011111110101012111213161514131310111212111211
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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 W at Port Kembla Ntc Aws 5 km from Bulli Beach). A 2.5m swell from the E

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1 h 28 min ago

7 km/h
W
Clean
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