Dum Dums surfForecast / NSW – South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
21.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dum Dums today?

The current surf forecast for Dum Dums at 5PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
4
3
2
0
2
2
4
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3.5
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)988889888846889101011111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)127909264413930301920342455587201270125812541412189625211945208128462416
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
5
WNW
10
SE
10
NE
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
NW
10
WSW
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoncross-
on
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:22-------6:22-------6:24-------
Sunset---5:32-------5:31-------5:30----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------33-----------
Temp. °C12192324232121201922201614141210914161715141211
Feels °C (?)1017212219171717161917141011876111212101088
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