Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Wednesday 22 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
21.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairy Meadow today?

The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 8PM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 14s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)--
Afternoon (22 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (22 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)11s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.8
SE
1.5
ESE
1.6
SE
1.5
ESE
1.4
SE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)111111121112111211111111101011111111101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)114911931215135110681070752623617544455423339345292303292286260209188176132110
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
SW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
W
5
WSW
10
W
0
ENE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:25PM
1.20
12:22AM
1.74
1:40PM
1.17
1:30AM
1.67
2:57PM
1.19
2:42AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:44PM
0.63
7:29AM
0.37
6:53PM
0.70
8:41AM
0.39
8:11PM
0.72
9:46AM
0.40
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise------6:24-------6:24-------6:26-
Sunset-5:24-------5:23-------5:22------
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191917171716151819191717161516181919171716161620
Feels °C (?)161614151514131617171617151415181717161615151519
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