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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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Fairy Meadow today (31 May):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with E swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (31 May, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 7PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 31). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (31 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (31 May) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
| Evening (31 May) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Fairy Meadow. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon afternoon, fresh winds from the NNW by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 31 | Monday 1 | Tuesday 2 | Wed 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | |
123 | 121 | 90 | 89 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 89 | 87 | 85 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 47 | 72 | 46 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | glassy | glassy | off | off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | |
High Tide | 8:17PM1.80m | 8:55AM1.21m | 8:54PM1.80m | 9:40AM1.20m | 9:32PM1.78m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:38PM0.54m | 3:07AM0.41m | 2:16PM0.57m | 3:49AM0.39m | 2:55PM0.61m | 4:30AM0.39m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | |
— | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | 4:52 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 18 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 |
12 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | NE 6 | NE 7 | E 9 | E 9 | E 9 | E 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 |
123 | 121 | 90 | 89 | 87 | 87 | 87 | 89 | 87 | 85 | 81 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 80 | 58 | 29 | 35 | 42 | 43 | 45 | 47 | 72 | 46 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 6 | S 6 | S 7 | S 7 | E 9 | E 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | NE 6 | S 10 | NE 8 |
28 | 41 | 33 | 29 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 33 | 35 | 22 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 58 | 57 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | S 7 | S 8 | SE 9 | SE 8 | S 11 | S 7 | S 7 | S 10 |
5 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 3 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 4 | WSW 3 | — | — | N 2 | — | — | N 3 | N 3 | NNE 5 | — | NW 4 | N 4 | N 6 | N 3 | N 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 |
4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 22 | — | 10 | 23 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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