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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
20.6° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Fairy Meadow today (02 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Jun, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with E swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 1PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am June 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Jun) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (02 Jun) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
| Evening (02 Jun) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Fairy Meadow. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 12°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Tue night, strong winds from the WSW by Thu night). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 2 | Wednesday 3 | Thursday 4 | Fri 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | |
60 | 58 | 58 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 46 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 57 | 35 | 35 | 36 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | |
High Tide | 9:40AM1.20m | 9:32PM1.78m | 10:26AM1.19m | 10:11PM1.74m | 11:13AM1.18m | 10:51PM1.69m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:55PM0.61m | 4:30AM0.39m | 3:36PM0.66m | 5:12AM0.40m | 4:18PM0.71m | |||||||||||||||||||
6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | |
— | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | — | 4:52 | |
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Temp °C | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
7 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 |
60 | 58 | 58 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 46 | 55 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 57 | 35 | 35 | 36 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 8 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | NNE 5 | S 10 | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NNE 8 | NNE 8 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 |
8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 11 | SE 10 | SE 10 | SE 10 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 9 | NE 8 | NE 8 | N 8 |
4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | N 3 | N 3 | N 4 | N 4 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | N 3 | N 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | W 3 | NW 3 | NW 2 | NNW 2 | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | SW 5 | SW 5 |
2 | 11 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 62 | 66 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 16 | 19 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 94 | 92 | 92 |
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