Dum Dums surfForecast / NSW – South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 17 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
20.5° 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 3AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (18 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
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.5
ESE
2
E
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
1.5
ENE
2
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.6
ESE
1.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)9999999898898999999888810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16601530134711491070623838931372542470493443421402367367336354338322289360706
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:55PM
0.99
8:45AM
1.53
9:33PM
1.02
9:22AM
1.56
10:10PM
1.06
9:59AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.43
3:37PM
0.17
2:52AM
0.40
4:12PM
0.14
3:32AM
0.38
4:47PM
0.12
Sat
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise----6:01-------6:01-------6:03---
Sunset8:15-------8:15-------8:14-------
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111--1111-11---1111111--
Temp. °C181818181920201918181817181921201918181818202121
Feels °C (?)141415151616171615161615161719181818181817191919
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