Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 22 Mar 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fairy Meadow today?

The current surf forecast for Fairy Meadow at 1PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)91111101010999966777666678889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262436313066608178732579103110881006563517294133262222
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
NNE
0
WNW
5
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
10
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
E
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
1.45
11:43PM
1.67
12:19PM
1.33
12:35AM
1.66
1:21PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19AM
0.24
5:22PM
0.36
6:15AM
0.29
6:06PM
0.45
7:20AM
0.35
6:57PM
0.54
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise--7:00-------7:01-------7:01-----
Sunset-----7:06-------7:04-------7:02--
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1--------11------------
Temp. °C212120232423222121212122232322212121212323232120
Feels °C (?)222220232424242323232323242323222223232423222021
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