Fairy Bower surf break

Fairy Bower surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 10 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
23.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fairy Bower today?

The current surf forecast for Fairy Bower at 4PM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (10 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (10 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
NE
1.5
NE
1.4
NE
1.7
NE
2.5
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
SSW
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.8
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
ESE
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)888888777889888769977887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)400297238364713678479538562609771848762526384212104249249243212186191131
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNE
40
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
15
ENE
5
NE
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:12PM
1.11
3:19AM
1.21
3:10PM
0.99
4:13AM
1.24
4:18PM
0.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
0.53
8:36PM
0.33
9:36AM
0.55
9:19PM
0.40
10:52AM
0.54
10:08PM
0.45
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise5:54-------5:54-------5:56-------
Sunset----8:08-------8:08-------8:08---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------111------
Temp. °C293437353021202121201919192020191919202020202120
Feels °C (?)242934342816151617161514151618171717181920202322
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