Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
22.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 6AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
2
S
1.5
E
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)131313131313141414141313131314141414151515121411
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)265242242242229232313336411467513600609599714919104111751410139212081041902769
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
WSW
25
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
SSE
5
W
5
W
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrossglassglassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38AM
1.23
4:00PM
0.94
3:41AM
1.26
4:51PM
1.03
4:36AM
1.31
5:34PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
0.39
9:15PM
0.59
10:36AM
0.32
10:21PM
0.53
11:18AM
0.24
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise--6:15-------6:16-------6:16-----
Sunset-----5:38-------5:37-------5:36--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202017202323181515131217201916141212111821221816
Feels °C (?)1916111418181289761013121097881418201613
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  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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