Fairy Bower surf break

Fairy Bower surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 01 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Fairy Bower surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fairy Bower sea temperature is
21.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Fairy Bower today?

The current surf forecast for Fairy Bower at 2PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (01 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (01 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

Table - waves today at Fairy Bower. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)13131212121212121111111110109988888886
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1100928703579579569399446340286180176139117123117115119919174747877
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
10
NNE
15
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
10
N
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sun
04
Sunrise5:47-------5:47-------5:48-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:08---
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C191919181818181819192020191919181921212120202020
Feels °C (?)171514131416161618171718181819181919181818172122
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