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Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 26 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
21.9° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 5PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (26 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (26 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
1
1
2
2
3
4
4
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SE
1.7
SE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)131212121212121313121212121111111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2366199316591505152212451186148113621135988929752435366286238196160127125125122122
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
0
ESE
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNE
25
NE
20
NE
10
ENE
5
SSE
5
S
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		onononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
1.09
3:31AM
1.37
3:55PM
1.00
4:38AM
1.44
5:19PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
0.43
8:45PM
0.30
10:10AM
0.40
9:47PM
0.35
11:31AM
0.32
10:55PM
0.37
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thu
29
Sunrise6:09-------6:09-------6:11-------
Sunset----8:06-------8:05-------8:05---
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212222212020191819222223201817161825262521212120
Feels °C (?)192019181819181820212021191817161723232322242422
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