Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 19 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
19.3° C
(Which is 1.7°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 4AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (19 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (19 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
1.2
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.7
NE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)1010977666610101010109999987111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)989061584411340263856525032314318830019418110552393732
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
25
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:44AM
1.24
6:40PM
1.64
7:21AM
1.32
7:22PM
1.62
7:54AM
1.39
8:00PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
0.24
12:19PM
0.44
1:17AM
0.22
1:05PM
0.37
1:50AM
0.22
1:48PM
0.32
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise--5:50-------5:50-------5:48-----
Sunset-----5:49-------5:50-------5:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131313202322201819181718201914121010101620201615
Feels °C (?)11109171820181515151412131387665111716109
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Fairy Meadow (light winds from the SW at Port Kembla Ntc Aws 1 km from Fairy Meadow). 0.9m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.7m 7s swell from the SSE and a 0.3m 10s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
SW
Clean
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