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Little Austi and Main Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Saturday 24 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Little Austi and Main Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Austi and Main Beach sea temperature is
21.8° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Little Austi and Main Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Little Austi and Main Beach at 10AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (24 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

Table - waves today at Little Austi and Main Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
4
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
2.3
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
Period(s) (?)9999999910101111111114141313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)391337337287227222232249248365540550379401105310481110172388082670369213611100
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
NNE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
10
NE
15
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46AM
1.24
12:38PM
1.34
1:34AM
1.28
1:31PM
1.21
2:29AM
1.32
2:36PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
0.40
7:08PM
0.18
7:36AM
0.43
7:52PM
0.24
8:49AM
0.43
8:45PM
0.30
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise--6:07-------6:07-------6:09-----
Sunset------8:07-------8:07-------8:06-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171618232423222021212228323125232120202323222120
Feels °C (?)171618222222232223232328323027231918182221201919
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