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Headlands Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 29 Nov 2025 AEDTForecast 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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Headlands today?
The current surf forecast for Headlands at 3PM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 29). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Nov) | 4ft (1.2m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (29 Nov) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 11s |
| Evening (29 Nov) | 3ft (0.9m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Headlands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 01 | Tue 02 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 123 | 153 | 116 | 114 | 254 | 112 | 274 | 307 | 229 | 193 | 138 | 120 | 227 | 254 | 375 | 172 | 143 | 156 | 129 | 93 | 74 | 59 | 56 | 17 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:34PM 1.25 | 4:49AM 1.25 | 4:40PM 1.22 | 5:39AM 1.39 | 5:45PM 1.21 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:36AM 0.55 | 10:14PM 0.20 | 10:49AM 0.46 | 11:04PM 0.18 | 11:55AM 0.34 | 11:52PM 0.17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | Monday 01 | Tue 02 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 30 | 28 | 27 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 21 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 7 |
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