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Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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
21.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 8PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
4
3
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
1.2
NE
0.9
NE
1.4
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.7
NE
1.7
NE
2
NE
2.4
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
Period(s) (?)945566665667778877889998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96416366586295561152312553063253113203204236238609481295987535439
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
1.57
12:48AM
1.15
12:36PM
1.42
1:37AM
1.17
1:23PM
1.26
2:27AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
0.09
6:22AM
0.41
7:18PM
0.18
7:20AM
0.48
7:57PM
0.26
8:25AM
0.53
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise------5:52-------5:52-------5:54-
Sunset--8:10-------8:10-------8:10-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C292824222121243232302523222123283029252323242939
Feels °C (?)272623222120232929272322222123262827252423232735
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