Fairy Meadow Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.47° S 150.90° E)

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Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 13 Sep 2025 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 18.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 7PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (13 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

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

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	Saturday 13				Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	NE	SSE	SSE	NE	NE	SSE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	16	16	15	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	5	9	9	6	6	8	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	275	250	186	146	193	174	141	167	130	143	110	108	100	71	68	46	42	54	26	26	16	31	14	75
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	NE	WNW	NW	W	WNW	NW	NE	NE	NNW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	NNW	N	NE	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:10PM 1.55				12:55AM 1.13					1:16PM 1.54				2:17AM 1.04				2:31PM 1.53				3:50AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)			6:54PM 0.36				6:34AM 0.51					8:17PM 0.40				7:41AM 0.59				9:45PM 0.39				9:00AM 0.62

	Saturday 13				Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	15	15	14	13	13	17	20	21	18	16	15	14	15	20	24	23	19	18	17	17	18	23
Feels °C (?)	14	15	15	13	13	11	11	16	18	19	16	13	12	11	12	17	20	21	17	16	14	14	14	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

Wind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the NE at Port Kembla Ntc Aws 1 km from Fairy Meadow). 1.2m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.6m 8s swell from the ESE and a 0.3m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
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