Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 02 Dec 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
21.4° 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 7AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am December 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (02 Dec)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (02 Dec)7.5ft (2.3m)8s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
0
1
2
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
2
S
2.1
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
NE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)101078998888877710999995566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1717408569942108082959342232626615910361471067978393949106154188
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
15
S
5
SW
10
W
5
NNW
10
NNE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
1.53
6:48PM
1.20
7:14AM
1.65
7:48PM
1.19
8:01AM
1.75
8:45PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
0.17
12:55PM
0.21
12:41AM
0.17
1:52PM
0.08
1:30AM
0.19
2:47PM
-0.02
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise--5:37-------5:37-------5:37-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:53-------7:54--
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141115171818171614131622242119171615202928262220
Feels °C (?)9710111212121313121519191717161614192623222120
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