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Burning Palms Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Burning Palms surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Burning Palms today?
The current surf forecast for Burning Palms at 2AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Burning Palms. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wed 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 4 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 16 | 6 | 38 | 114 | 188 | 234 | 160 | 125 | 71 | 51 | 51 | 94 | 87 | 60 | 56 | 37 | 34 | 21 | 21 | 35 | 50 | 31 | 31 | 30 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | glass | cross- on | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:04PM 1.42 | 6:04AM 1.05 | 5:59PM 1.45 | 6:48AM 1.13 | 6:45PM 1.46 | 7:25AM 1.21 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:00AM 0.21 | 11:36AM 0.42 | 12:44AM 0.17 | 12:27PM 0.36 | 1:20AM 0.15 | 1:12PM 0.30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wed 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 5:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:48 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:49 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:50 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra
The wind is still cross-off at Burning Palms (strong winds from the WSW at FlyStanwell 6 km from Burning Palms). 0.3m 10s swell from the S with a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the E. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 21 min ago
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