Fairy Meadow 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.47° S 150.90° E

Issued: 4 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairy Meadow sea temperature is

20.1°C

Fairy Meadow surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fairy Meadow today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with NE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 8AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	8s
Evening (05 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Fri morning, fresh winds from the S by Sat night).
	Thursday 5								Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	!	!	!	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	ENE 8	NE 8	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	NNE 6	SSE 7	ENE 6	ENE 8	ENE 9	SSE 6	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	28	26	15	107	215	227	381	666	732	412	355	284	212	118	91	71	87	36	26	61	67	222	1020	1232	1283	724
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WSW	WSW	SSE	S	S	S	SSW	WSW	WSW	NW	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	S	S	SW	SW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:19AM1.36m				6:23PM1.45m				7:02AM1.46m				7:13PM1.41m				7:41AM1.55m				7:59PM1.36m
Low Tide	00:01AM0.31m				12:15PM0.47m				00:44AM0.31m				1:11PM0.39m				1:21AM0.32m				2:00PM0.33m				1:56AM0.33m


	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:30	—	—	—	7:30
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	16	17	18	17	18	16	15	14	13	15	19	22	21	18	17	16	16	19	25	27	15	13	10	10	10
Feels °C	15	13	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	14	16	17	17	16	15	16	14	17	22	22	10	6	4	4	3
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 6	ENE 8	E 6	NE 8	ENE 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	S 8	S 8	S 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	NE 5	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	ENE 9	S 9	ENE 9
kJ	28	26	12	18	27	33	20	25	566	412	355	284	212	118	91	71	29	27	25	61	67	26	41	29	836	29
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 8	E 6	NE 8	E 7	E 7	—	E 9	—	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 6	E 13	NE 6	NE 6	S 18	ENE 9	S 17
kJ	16	12	15	8	9	—	6	—	26	26	26	25	4	4	25	25	49	36	26	24	4	11	6	6	29	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 5	S 4	NE 8	NE 8	—	E 15	NNE 8	—	—	—	—	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	—	S 15	E 13	S 18	—	S 17	—
kJ	2	2	2	2	—	4	6	—	—	—	—	4	4	4	4	4	24	24	24	—	5	4	6	—	6	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	W 2	WSW 3	S 5	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	ENE 9	ENE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NNE 6	—	WNW 2	WNW 3	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9
kJ	1	2	28	107	215	227	381	666	732	—	—	—	25	27	16	22	87	—	1	1	23	222	1020	1232	1283	724
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Towradgi NSW - Illawarra	Towradgi NSW - Illawarra	Headlands NSW - Illawarra	Plantation Point NSW - South Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Woody Head NSW - North Coast	Werri Point NSW - Illawarra	Sandon Point NSW - Illawarra	Towradgi NSW - Illawarra	Towradgi NSW - Illawarra	Towradgi NSW - Illawarra	The Bombie NSW - Illawarra	Turners Beach NSW - North Coast	Farm VIC - Mornington Peninsula	Voodoo NSW - Sydney South Coast	Wollongong South Beach NSW - Illawarra	Towradgi NSW - Illawarra	Towradgi NSW - Illawarra	Towradgi NSW - Illawarra	Towradgi NSW - Illawarra	Wollongong North Beach NSW - Illawarra	Backdoor 4 NSW - Newcastle	Mosquito Bay NSW - Far South	Kiama Pool NSW - Illawarra	Barrack Point NSW - Illawarra	Narrabeen-South NSW - Sydney North Coast
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	2	2	2	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4	4
Distance (km)	0	0	23	70	536	614	31	12	0	0	0	11	607	689	55	4	0	0	0	0	6	146	158	22	10	91
Best forecast wave conditions in Illawarra	Mystics	Boneyard	Headlands				Werri Point	Sandon Point	Boneyard	Boneyard	Boneyard	Marley				Garie Beach	Boneyard	Boneyard	Boneyard	Boneyard	Marley			Kiama Pool	Sandon Point
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1				1	3	4	2	2	2				1	1	1	1	1	1			4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	3	3	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	8	8	7	6	6	6	5	8	9	8	7	7	6	5

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