Fairy Meadow surf break

Fairy Meadow surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 10 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
22.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Afternoon (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313131313141414141313131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180229217204201198195178176178178232247336411400440423430511511668797902
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
30
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
1.05
2:35AM
1.43
4:11PM
1.10
3:37AM
1.44
4:58PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:54AM
0.59
7:55PM
0.83
9:53AM
0.55
9:11PM
0.81
10:41AM
0.49
10:18PM
0.73
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise6:13-------6:15-------6:16-------
Sunset---5:39-------5:38-------5:37----
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232629282623221916182121171515131316181715141311
Feels °C (?)22242727262320141112141510785581097687
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