Headlands Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Illawarra, Australia)

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Headlands Surf Guide

Headlands in Sydney South is an exposed reef break that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Works best in offshore winds from the west southwest. Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell direction is from the southeast. A right hand reef. Best around mid tide. Relatively few surfers here, even on good days. Watch out for rips, rocks and sharks.

Headlands Spot Info

Type:	Rating:
Reef	3.7
Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
fairly consistent	21.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Headlands:

The best conditions reported for surf at Headlands occur when a Southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the West-southwest.

Surf Forecasts:

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What's the best time of year to surf Headlands (for consistent clean waves)?

juneBest Season: winter

The best time of year for surfing Headlands with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Winter and most often the month of June. Clean surfable waves are typically found 58% of the time in June while 31% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 11% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

58%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

31%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

11%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Headlands Location Map

Interactive Headlands surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The closest passenger airport to Headlands is Camden Airport (CDU) in Australia, 36 km (22 miles) away (directly). The second nearest airport to Headlands is Sydney Bankstown Airport (BWU), also in Australia, 38 km (24 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Headlands Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

7 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 20 April 2021, 15:15 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 20
ft, °F	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM
Wave (m)	S	SSW	S	S
Period (s)	10	9	9	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross

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Tides at Headlands

Current tide and informaton

For Bulli, 9.0 km from Headlands.

Next High Water: 02:33am | 1.27m

Next Low Water: 08:01pm | 0.59m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
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Headlands Sea Temperature

Sunny with pleasantly warm air temperatures (feeling like 22.0 °C once we account for wind), and similar sea temperatures (21.5 °C). Wear boardshorts or a shorty, or better still a thin summer wetsuit to keep the UV off.

Today, many surfers would wear a shorty.

Current Temp*: 21.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite