Fairy Bower surf break

Fairy Bower surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 14 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
23.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Fairy Bower today?

The current surf forecast for Fairy Bower at 2PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)888856666666788888869998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1031191301519595145140117119143260471717713634392285204213548528332232
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
20
NE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
5
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
20
S
15
S
30
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
1.33
6:32PM
0.89
6:43AM
1.39
7:25PM
0.92
7:27AM
1.45
8:09PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.42
11:54PM
0.47
1:41PM
0.35
12:44AM
0.44
2:22PM
0.28
1:29AM
0.41
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sat
17
Sunrise5:56-------5:58-------5:58-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:07---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----4-11-111-1---------
Temp. °C222323222120202022232323222120202122242322222121
Feels °C (?)212120191917192022222221202022222322242020201819
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