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Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
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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
21.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Fairy Meadow today?
The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 9PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (25 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 9s |
| Evening (25 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Fairy Meadow. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sat 25 | Sunday 26 | Monday 27 | Tue 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | E 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NNE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | |
90 | 94 | 89 | 88 | 81 | 49 | 54 | 37 | 24 | 22 | 33 | 37 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 27 | 37 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 38 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | |
High Tide | 4:06PM1.25m | 3:52AM1.58m | 5:00PM1.34m | 4:53AM1.55m | 5:45PM1.43m | 5:47AM1.52m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:31PM0.69m | 10:42AM0.39m | 10:41PM0.63m | 11:28AM0.39m | 11:40PM0.55m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | |
— | 5:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:19 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:17 | |
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Temp °C | 22 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 |
20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | ENE 8 | E 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | E 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 6 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 |
90 | 86 | 61 | 88 | 81 | 42 | 54 | 37 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 26 | 25 | 38 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ENE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | SE 7 | ENE 7 | ENE 6 | ESE 6 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | NE 9 | NE 9 | ESE 6 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | E 8 | E 8 |
70 | 24 | 15 | 47 | 19 | 49 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 5 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 8 | N 10 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | S 15 | SE 7 | ESE 7 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | E 8 | — | S 12 | S 12 | SE 6 | SE 6 | SE 6 | S 10 | S 10 |
31 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | NE 5 | NW 2 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NNE 3 | NE 4 | NE 5 | NNE 5 | NNW 2 | NNW 2 | NNW 2 | NNW 2 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | — | — | — |
— | 94 | 89 | 55 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 33 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 37 | 5 | 11 | 12 | — | — | — | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 37 | 100 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 231 | 141 | 0 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 148 | 502 | 524 | 5 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 3 |
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