Fairy Bower surf break

Fairy Bower surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 16 Mar 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
23.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairy Bower today?

The current surf forecast for Fairy Bower at 4PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)3ft (0.9m)15s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Evening (16 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.6
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.7
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)1514131366677777111110661010106668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)353264158162171236196233131103106781104033251818171752392821
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
W
5
NW
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:08AM
1.44
7:51PM
1.16
7:49AM
1.50
8:27PM
1.27
8:29AM
1.53
9:03PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.18
1:32AM
0.33
2:21PM
0.11
2:16AM
0.25
2:54PM
0.07
3:00AM
0.18
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:12-------7:10-------7:08----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------11-2331----
Temp. °C192324242322222122263026242322212121222222222120
Feels °C (?)192221212020222122252725232221212222212122222120
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