Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 09 Mar 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
23.7° 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 6PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Mar)6ft (1.9m)7s
Afternoon (09 Mar)6ft (1.8m)7s
Evening (09 Mar)5ft (1.5m)7s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.6
SSE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
Period(s) (?)777778877777888148999991212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3943943462542352161761651691521151129910612214314913429347524948611211119
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
0.99
1:16AM
1.27
1:47PM
0.90
2:11AM
1.23
3:00PM
0.84
3:19AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06AM
0.40
6:37PM
0.45
8:04AM
0.46
7:19PM
0.52
9:16AM
0.50
8:18PM
0.58
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:22-------7:20----
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-1111-----------------
Temp. °C212222222121201920232424222119191924272723222122
Feels °C (?)192020222223212021242525242320202023262623232121
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