Fairy Meadow 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.47° S 150.90° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fairy Meadow sea temperature is

17.7°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 (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SSE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 8AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon morning, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 6	S 10	NE 6	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	SSE 6	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	118	115	115	141	139	106	111	98	132	119	86	85	82	80	61	184	78	83	67	47	47	29	50	590
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NE	N	N	W	NW	NW	NNW	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	WNW	W	WSW	S	SE	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				9:32AM1.51m				9:48PM1.47m					10:10AM1.51m				10:27PM1.33m				10:48AM1.49m
Low Tide		3:23AM0.21m				3:41PM0.26m				3:55AM0.28m					4:26PM0.32m				4:27AM0.37m				5:12PM0.41m


	—	6:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1
Temp °C	14	13	14	20	21	18	18	17	17	16	17	22	24	24	20	20	19	18	17	20	20	17	13	11
Feels °C	13	11	13	18	16	14	16	16	15	14	15	20	21	21	18	18	17	15	15	17	17	13	7	4
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	NE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 11	S 10	S 10	NE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	S 6	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	118	115	115	141	139	106	42	65	71	65	67	54	82	80	51	75	78	83	67	47	47	23	23	17
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 13	ENE 13	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 11	ENE 13	ENE 13	E 13	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 9	S 9	NE 7	E 4	E 14
kJ	7	10	11	12	17	17	98	98	104	119	86	85	17	17	13	49	31	31	30	15	14	29	1	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	SSE 16	E 9	—	ENE 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 13	—	S 15	—	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	S 9	E 13	—
kJ	74	66	31	26	2	—	17	14	13	13	13	13	—	5	—	3	12	3	3	3	3	6	14	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 2	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 6	—	NE 6	—	—	—	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	SW 3	SW 3	S 5	ESE 3	SSE 6	S 7
kJ	1	23	24	27	17	43	111	—	132	—	—	—	33	51	61	184	—	—	2	2	14	7	50	590
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Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	0	0	0	3	85	96	3	3	0	0	0	0	5	11	4	0	0	0	0	6	897	31	282	70
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2			2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1		1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	2	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5

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