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Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 02 May 2025 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
22.4° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 5AM is: 1.9m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am May 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (02 May)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (02 May)7ft (2.2m)11s

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

Hourly12 Days
Illawarra Surf
Print Surf Table
Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
4
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.6
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
NE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
2.1
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
S
2
S
1.6
S
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
S
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)999911111111111111111010101099998888888776666666666666676888978887999101110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1014542474968125612791172109210089138357455884754163202722062021451201281169249675855542440393939293023402829414131131323537284374735719513285212203198198275260
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNE
15
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
10
SW
5
SW
5
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06PM
1.61
12:15PM
1.00
12:04AM
1.51
1:26PM
0.96
1:09AM
1.41
2:39PM
0.97
2:16AM
1.32
3:43PM
1.03
3:21AM
1.26
4:35PM
1.10
4:19AM
1.22
5:17PM
1.19
5:09AM
1.19
5:53PM
1.27
5:54AM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08AM
0.11
5:28PM
0.46
7:14AM
0.18
6:34PM
0.53
8:19AM
0.24
7:50PM
0.57
9:20AM
0.27
9:08PM
0.57
10:11AM
0.28
10:17PM
0.53
10:52AM
0.29
11:14PM
0.47
11:28AM
0.29
12:02AM
0.41
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise--6:31-------6:31-------6:31-------6:33-------6:33-------6:35-------6:35-------6:35-
Sunset-----5:14-------5:13-------5:12-------5:10-------5:09-------5:08-------5:07------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171414161718161514141417181817161515141719191716151515182119171616161520232118171616162125252019171817191918181818171619
Feels °C (?)131111121415141312121216161717161414131717171616151415172018171616151419211918161413131823241817141616181817181918171620
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