Headlands Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks)

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Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 18 Oct 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 19.5° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 2AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (19 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	5s
Evening (19 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	6s

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

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	Sat 18		Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	S	S	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	33	33	33	49	68	61	57	192	181	206	213	263	244	181	168	162	172	168	147	126	129	116	99	88
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	NNE	NW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNE	E	WSW	S	S	S	SSE	ESE	E	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:09PM 1.32				7:42AM 1.32				7:49PM 1.29					8:13AM 1.39				8:26PM 1.25				8:43AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			1:26AM 0.22				1:48PM 0.30				1:56AM 0.23					2:27PM 0.25				2:25AM 0.25				3:05PM 0.21

	Sat 18		Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tuesday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	16	14	16	21	24	22	18	17	16	17	22	31	33	27	24	17	17	17	18	20	20	18
Feels °C (?)	13	15	14	13	14	18	20	18	16	17	15	15	20	29	32	27	24	14	14	16	17	19	18	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Headlands (calm at FlyStanwell 5 km from Headlands). 0.7m 5s windswell from the ESE with a 0.6m 7s swell from the S and a 0.5m 7s swell from the NE as well as a 0.2m 12s groundswell from the S. 4 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 32 minutes ago Headlands

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