Headlands surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
22.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Headlands today?

The current surf forecast for Headlands at 8PM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm April 11). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)--
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.9
S
1.5
E
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)131314141414131313131414141415151512141111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)229232313336494467513513609599714919104111751410141012081041920769755810902849
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
0.94
3:41AM
1.26
4:51PM
1.03
4:36AM
1.31
5:34PM
1.15
5:25AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:15PM
0.59
10:36AM
0.32
10:21PM
0.53
11:18AM
0.24
11:17PM
0.43
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise------6:16-------6:16-------6:16-
Sunset-5:38-------5:37-------5:36------
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. °C222217151413121720201715131212171820171515141418
Feels °C (?)1616107766111314119889141517161313121217
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Headlands surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest