Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Garie Beach today (16 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Sep, local time) - 11ft (3.5m), 10s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Sep, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 10s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Garie Beach at 11PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 16). 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 (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (16 Sep) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (16 Sep) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Garie Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed afternoon, calm by Fri morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 16 | Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 2269 | 2262 | 2528 | 3037 | 3051 | 2284 | 1747 | 1628 | 904 | 740 | 600 | 466 | 394 | 286 | 304 | 325 | 287 | 255 | 214 | 170 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross | cross | off | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:56PM0.98m | 12:13PM1.28m | 00:51AM0.90m | 1:07PM1.22m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:05PM0.38m | 5:33AM0.45m | 7:04PM0.44m | 6:17AM0.53m | 8:15PM0.48m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  | |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 |
Feels °C | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 14 | NE 12 | ENE 13 | NE 12 | NE 12 | NE 13 | NE 13 | S 10 | S 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 |
| kJ | 20 | 6 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1250 | 904 | 740 | 600 | 466 | 394 | 286 | 304 | 325 | 287 | 255 | 214 | 170 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | E 15 | — | E 14 | E 14 | S 18 | NE 13 | NE 13 | NE 13 | NE 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | E 7 | E 7 |
| kJ | — | 4 | — | 4 | 4 | 27 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 56 | 53 | 41 | 24 | 34 | 24 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 19 | S 19 | S 19 | S 19 | S 19 | S 19 | S 19 | S 19 | S 18 | S 18 | S 18 | S 17 | S 16 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 57 | 98 | 96 | 142 | 132 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NE 2 | NNE 3 | N 3 |
| kJ | 2269 | 2262 | 2528 | 3037 | 3051 | 2284 | 1747 | 1628 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 679 | 679 | 336 | 195 | 59 | 26 | 26 | 56 | 67 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Illawarra | ||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Garie Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest