Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 08 Mar 2026 AEDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Headlands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Headlands sea temperature is
24.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 12PM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (08 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (08 Mar)7ft (2.2m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
S
1.8
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.1
ENE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)1099777777777779777777778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27823632926329947147242545242838236226323720618315117615613713710289106
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SE
20
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54PM
1.36
12:11PM
1.11
12:32AM
1.32
12:54PM
0.99
1:16AM
1.27
1:47PM
0.90
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
0.34
6:03PM
0.37
7:06AM
0.40
6:37PM
0.45
8:04AM
0.46
7:19PM
0.52
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise--6:48-------6:48-------6:50-----
Sunset-----7:23-------7:22-------7:22--
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
25953222111-------------
Temp. °C212020202121202020202021222220212021202324232120
Feels °C (?)222020181918171718181819212120232122212424232222
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

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 Headlands 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 locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest