Fairy Bower surf break

Fairy Bower surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 18 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
23.0° 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 3PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 2.1m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
2.4
ESE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.7
SE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.8
SE
2
SE
2.4
ESE
2.5
ESE
2.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)99988888889998888881111101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21041915155012821242878736640808482470430430534560330322314299763881114613331336
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
20
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
1.57
9:27PM
1.04
9:23AM
1.60
10:04PM
1.07
9:59AM
1.61
10:42PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
0.17
2:51AM
0.34
4:10PM
0.13
3:31AM
0.33
4:44PM
0.10
4:11AM
0.32
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise6:01-------6:01-------6:03-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:06---
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
12321111121111--1-----1--
Temp. °C212121212121202021222121212120202122222120202020
Feels °C (?)171717171718171819201919192019171918181717171817
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