Garie Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 26 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 2AM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 26). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (27 Dec)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (27 Dec)7ft (2.2m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010101010101010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1308114791974566064658069788210551209126412291137972826653592510446405352372176
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
1.12
2:03PM
1.27
3:17AM
1.20
3:05PM
1.18
4:15AM
1.29
4:17PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00PM
0.19
8:01AM
0.51
8:46PM
0.20
9:15AM
0.50
9:36PM
0.23
10:33AM
0.44
Fri
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Sunrise----5:43-------5:43-------5:43---
Sunset8:07-------8:08-------8:08-------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161614131518181717171615161820201817181617191919
Feels °C (?)111210101214131213131210121415161615161516171617
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