Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 AEDT
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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
19.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Fairy Meadow today?

The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 1AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)5ft (1.6m)6s
Afternoon (21 Nov)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
Period(s) (?)66666677771212121111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)106122135182219227199195178158141178217512503494478469185178172165128125
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
15
NNE
25
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21PM
1.20
9:31AM
1.70
10:03PM
1.17
10:07AM
1.70
10:47PM
1.14
10:44AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:56AM
0.43
4:15PM
0.33
3:31AM
0.47
4:57PM
0.33
4:07AM
0.53
Thu
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise----5:39-------5:39-------5:39---
Sunset-------7:43-------7:44-------7:45
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-111------------------
Temp. °C161616151515161617171617171718181817171718202120
Feels °C (?)131312101111131314151416151617171716161719191919
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