Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Garie Beach today (08 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Garie Beach at 1PM is: 2.1m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (08 Sep) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 8s |
| Evening (08 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Garie Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ENE on Tue afternoon, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon). | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | S 8 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1243 | 766 | 560 | 534 | 518 | 343 | 247 | 165 | 133 | 108 | 403 | 1075 | 1876 | 3144 | 2559 | 1929 | 1463 | 1389 | 1514 | 1514 | 1370 | 1268 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | on | on | on | cross-on |
High Tide | 6:07AM1.08m | 6:06PM1.57m | 6:56AM1.17m | 6:57PM1.60m | 7:39AM1.26m | 7:43PM1.59m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:39AM0.35m | 00:53AM0.08m | 12:35PM0.28m | 1:35AM0.04m | 1:26PM0.22m | |||||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  | | | | | | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | |
 | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:43 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Feels °C | 7 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 11 | E 11 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | E 10 | ESE 13 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | S 22 | S 22 | S 20 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 9 | 9 | 560 | 534 | 518 | 343 | 247 | 165 | 133 | 108 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 46 | 41 | 46 | 35 | 19 | 159 | 227 | 196 | 3 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | ESE 13 | ENE 9 | E 18 | S 17 | SSW 16 | S 23 | S 23 | S 23 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | ESE 9 | E 15 |
| kJ | — | — | 8 | 8 | 8 | 65 | 67 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 53 | 11 | 41 | 92 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | N 9 | NE 9 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | E 10 | ENE 9 | S 16 | E 17 | E 18 | S 21 | NE 16 | S 19 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 16 | E 15 | E 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | SSE 8 | — | — | — | — | NW 2 | NNW 2 | NW 3 | SW 3 | S 7 | S 8 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 |
| kJ | 1243 | 766 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 403 | 1075 | 1876 | 3144 | 2559 | 1929 | 1463 | 1389 | 1514 | 1514 | 1370 | 1268 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 26 | 67 | 26 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 242 | 803 | 347 | 195 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 58 | 106 | 139 | 14 | 14 |
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