Fairy Bower surf break

Fairy Bower surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 19 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
22.9° 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 6AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
2
3
4
4
3
3
2
0
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
0.9
ESE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)999888111111111111111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)370362362286239211176615743101111211121972871792887978978862785757700622480
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SE
20
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
5
N
5
NNW
5
N
5
ESE
25
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:04PM
1.07
9:59AM
1.61
10:42PM
1.11
10:35AM
1.59
11:20PM
1.16
11:12AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
0.33
4:44PM
0.10
4:11AM
0.32
5:18PM
0.09
4:54AM
0.34
Mon
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise----6:03-------6:03-------6:05---
Sunset8:07-------8:06-------8:06-------
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212121212121222220201919192121212020191919212220
Feels °C (?)192019191918192018191818171918181920191920211915
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