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Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 AEDT
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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
22.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 2AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
3
3
2
0
1
3
3
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.1
SE
1.7
ESE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2
S
2.5
SSE
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111111111111111178899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)700862110199085383783792110279218788227457139817136827825261114656533476484
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
S
20
S
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onglasscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:42PM
1.11
10:35AM
1.58
11:21PM
1.15
11:13AM
1.53
12:02AM
1.20
11:53AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
0.33
5:18PM
0.10
4:54AM
0.34
5:52PM
0.10
5:41AM
0.37
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----6:03-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset8:08-------8:07-------8:07-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C201918171821222119181818192017201818171818192020
Feels °C (?)201918161820202019181819181813151213131515161717
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