Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 16 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
23.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairy Meadow today?

The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 5AM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Afternoon (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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


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Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.5
S
0.7
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)66667771111566666668888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83172184141173675956108597790776843281945434451343144
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
N
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53PM
1.26
7:47AM
1.62
8:27PM
1.36
8:29AM
1.65
9:01PM
1.45
9:11AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
0.50
2:22PM
0.27
2:13AM
0.40
2:56PM
0.23
2:57AM
0.31
3:30PM
0.22
Mon
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise----6:56-------6:56-------6:56---
Sunset-------7:13-------7:10-------7:09
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------122351--------1-
Temp. °C232221212228252322212020202020212120192020202021
Feels °C (?)222221212228232222212020202019212121202121202121
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