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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
22.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Little Austi and Main Beach at 2AM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (08 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (08 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)9s

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


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Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SSE
1.1
SE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.5
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)99111010999991099999915151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7893822343252992161551267190858181857987121193239325316294282
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
ENE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
ononglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:34PM
1.32
12:27PM
0.89
12:27AM
1.26
1:36PM
0.86
1:30AM
1.23
2:54PM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
0.50
6:34AM
0.40
5:41PM
0.56
7:37AM
0.43
6:40PM
0.60
8:46AM
0.43
Tue
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise----6:13-------6:13-------6:13---
Sunset-------5:43-------5:40-------5:39
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242018181722232119181716172427262120201920262930
Feels °C (?)231918181721222120191716162225242120201919262930
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