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Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 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
20.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 2PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 26). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (26 Nov)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (26 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
E
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
S
0.7
E
1.4
ENE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
2.1
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)9991111111111111010101010777111156677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2161821521491491491501501872411331369898181171181114444191209265404211
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
20
NW
45
NNW
25
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
20
WSW
10
WSW
20
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
5
SE
5
N
15
NNW
10
N
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crossoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
1.36
1:59AM
0.97
1:32PM
1.32
2:59AM
1.03
2:31PM
1.28
3:57AM
1.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
0.54
7:45PM
0.27
7:09AM
0.58
8:34PM
0.26
8:20AM
0.58
9:25PM
0.23
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
Sunrise5:37-------5:37-------5:37-------
Sunset---7:46-------7:47-------7:49----
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--1---------------------
Temp. °C243230342823211923272826181717171825262421201918
Feels °C (?)232924282520181620222422151517161623222120212119
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