Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5PM is: 0.8m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (02 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Evening (02 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)4s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.7
SE
1.8
SE
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)111010745556666666666666779
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)211918592626222324278614113011710397160182176150111255327224
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
N
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:24AM
1.54
9:43PM
1.61
10:01AM
1.47
10:18PM
1.64
10:38AM
1.38
10:52PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30PM
0.33
3:58AM
0.33
4:00PM
0.37
4:39AM
0.36
4:30PM
0.43
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise7:07-------7:09-------7:09-------
Sunset---6:51-------6:49-------6:47----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
-------------1-1111---11
Temp. °C182224232019181818212120191919181919181818181717
Feels °C (?)182121201919181817191817161818171717151515171616
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