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Headlands Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 31 Aug 2025 AEST
How big are the waves at Headlands today?
The current surf forecast for Headlands at 4AM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 31). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (01 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
| Evening (01 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Headlands. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sun 31 | Monday 01 | Tuesday 02 | Wednesday 03 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |   |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 798 | 618 | 593 | 586 | 584 | 418 | 379 | 339 | 286 | 242 | 234 | 287 | 241 | 162 | 150 | 145 | 169 | 157 | 104 | 100 | 78 | 97 | 100 | 79 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | on | on | cross- on | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:18AM 0.85 | 2:45PM 1.23 | 3:43AM 0.85 | 3:52PM 1.27 | 4:52AM 0.89 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:41PM 0.52 | 7:43AM 0.55 | 9:58PM 0.48 | 8:57AM 0.56 | 11:00PM 0.41 | 10:07AM 0.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sun 31 | Monday 01 | Tuesday 02 | Wednesday 03 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 20 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 16 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra
The wind is still offshore at Headlands (near gales from the W at FlyStanwell 5 km from Headlands). 1.8m 10s swell from the SSE to make surfable waves.
1 h 35 min ago
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