Garie Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 28 Dec 2025 AEDT
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Garie Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Garie Beach sea temperature is
22.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Garie Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Garie Beach at 10AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am December 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Dec)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (28 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (28 Dec)7ft (2.1m)9s

Table - waves today at Garie Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
ESE
1.2
SE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
SE
Period(s) (?)101099109999999998888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11841325126512431035866721641567499454396352316163163163167171179196219254192
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
0
SSE
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
10
ENE
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
1.20
3:05PM
1.18
4:15AM
1.29
4:17PM
1.11
5:13AM
1.40
5:33PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:15AM
0.50
9:36PM
0.23
10:33AM
0.44
10:30PM
0.25
11:47AM
0.34
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Sunrise--5:43-------5:43-------5:45-----
Sunset------8:08-------8:08-------8:09-
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151515181919181716151719191917161513162021211918
Feels °C (?)111010131415151515131517161716161512161918181817
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