Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 AEST
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Fairy Meadow surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Fairy Meadow sea temperature is
22.7° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fairy Meadow today?

The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 9AM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)131313131313141414141313131313141414151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1951761761761782322363563244004404235115115997869151026109911291070928797668
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
25
W
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
35
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
W
5
S
0
N
0
N
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrossglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:35AM
1.43
4:11PM
1.10
3:37AM
1.44
4:58PM
1.18
4:34AM
1.47
5:36PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
0.55
9:11PM
0.81
10:41AM
0.49
10:18PM
0.73
11:22AM
0.43
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise--6:15-------6:16-------6:16-----
Sunset-----5:38-------5:37-------5:36--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C211917192222181515141316191916141211111721221816
Feels °C (?)20141313161611787691112987771319211713
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