Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 Mar 2026 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
23.9° C
(Which is 1.6°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 2PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
3
3
4
2
3
0
0
0
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
2.1
SSW
4.5
S
5.5
S
7
S
7
S
6.5
S
Period(s) (?)9999101012121212121212121211111181012131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)283300300367407482887118312341254127713921367111197271354340358937228555172311556313205
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
NNE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
0
NW
10
ESE
15
SW
5
WSW
20
SSW
20
WSW
10
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
45
WSW
45
SW
45
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
1.13
2:45AM
1.61
4:04PM
1.10
4:03AM
1.61
5:26PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.41
8:01PM
0.63
9:57AM
0.42
9:18PM
0.67
11:15AM
0.40
10:42PM
0.66
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise7:01-------7:03-------7:03-------
Sunset---7:01-------7:00-------6:59----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------4111-44620----
Temp. °C192324232221202020262522201816141112141415141311
Feels °C (?)2024222323222121202725222116131259556665
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