Garie Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
22.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Garie Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Garie Beach at 3PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
2
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)999999910109999910999999151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)999981836495176234269340216176126719085818085798784196246
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
ENE
10
N
15
SW
20
SW
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
0.95
11:44PM
1.30
12:35PM
0.89
12:35AM
1.24
1:42PM
0.85
1:36AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
0.35
5:06PM
0.49
6:42AM
0.40
5:50PM
0.55
7:46AM
0.44
6:49PM
0.60
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------
Sunset---5:43-------5:42-------5:40----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162329272321202019212321201918181723272522212019
Feels °C (?)152228272419192019212321212119181722262322212018
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