Dum Dums surfForecast / NSW – South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 22 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Dum Dums surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dum Dums sea temperature is
20.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dum Dums today?

The current surf forecast for Dum Dums at 5AM is: 2.1m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (23 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Evening (23 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Dum Dums. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)89991099999998888910111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10811162880721631544466424368343301257239190160164237320419536536573372386
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SE
15
ESE
20
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
1.18
11:56AM
1.42
12:49AM
1.22
12:42PM
1.32
1:36AM
1.27
1:36PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:44AM
0.39
6:31PM
0.16
6:38AM
0.41
7:11PM
0.21
7:39AM
0.43
Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise----6:05-------6:07-------6:07---
Sunset8:13-------8:12-------8:12-------
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181716131518192018171615162224232119181720313327
Feels °C (?)121213101316161716161514152021212020191720303227
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