Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Monday 13 Apr 2026 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
22.3° 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: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (14 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (14 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
0
0
1
2
2
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)14141111101010109910101010109999910999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79765973681977463049037825120722623122622022017518118114915618817312796
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
W
15
W
10
W
10
W
5
N
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
10
SW
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
0
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:36PM
1.28
5:25AM
1.51
6:12PM
1.39
6:14AM
1.54
6:49PM
1.50
7:01AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:14PM
0.63
11:59AM
0.37
12:05AM
0.50
12:36PM
0.33
12:53AM
0.39
1:13PM
0.30
Mon
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise----6:18-------6:18-------6:18---
Sunset-------5:35-------5:34-------5:31
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171614141419212118171516152022211918171515212526
Feels °C (?)161311121218181816151213121820191919171413192224
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