Burning Palms surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Sunday 01 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Burning Palms surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Burning Palms sea temperature is
22.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Burning Palms today?

The current surf forecast for Burning Palms at 4AM is: 3.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)15ft (4.5m)10s
Afternoon (02 Feb)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (02 Feb)7ft (2.1m)8s

Table - waves today at Burning Palms. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
2.2
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
2
S
2
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
1.3
NE
Period(s) (?)11789101010988109999999887885
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4605088042151389932001852934593562736639540484422380175117917154574589
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
SSE
30
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
1.14
9:28AM
1.72
10:12PM
1.19
10:12AM
1.68
10:54PM
1.22
10:54AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:00AM
0.24
4:13PM
-0.01
3:48AM
0.23
4:52PM
0.01
4:34AM
0.24
Sun
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise----6:16-------6:16-------6:18---
Sunset8:01-------8:00-------8:00------7:59
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-1---------------------
Temp. °C201918161618182019181919202021222020181718232524
Feels °C (?)1715138711111414151616181919191718171617212121
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