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Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 18 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
22.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 9AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jan)7ft (2.2m)9s
Evening (18 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
2.2
SE
3
ESE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
2
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
2.1
ESE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)9999998888999998888811101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)199819581879168072614289187726235965715295684654306263753383893412709449571100
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
1.56
9:28PM
1.03
9:23AM
1.60
10:05PM
1.07
9:59AM
1.60
10:42PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
0.38
3:36PM
0.17
2:51AM
0.35
4:10PM
0.13
3:31AM
0.33
4:44PM
0.11
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise--6:01-------6:01-------6:03-----
Sunset------8:09-------8:08-------8:08-
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
14152121111111111-1-----1-
Temp. °C191920202019191919191921212120191819202121211919
Feels °C (?)171617171715151717171719191919181718181718181717
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