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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 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
22.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Little Austi and Main Beach at 9PM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)--
Afternoon (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
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
1
1
3
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
0.7
SE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)7561077776666566666666677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40941191022612211188880544638947439393937393231567577
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
SE
10
ENE
0
NNW
15
S
25
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
WNW
10
ENE
15
NNE
10
E
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
N
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoffglassglasscrossglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:23PM
1.25
11:23AM
1.49
12:03AM
1.27
12:02PM
1.34
12:43AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.06
5:09AM
0.28
5:52PM
0.14
5:56AM
0.34
6:24PM
0.22
6:46AM
0.41
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise------6:20-------6:20-------6:22-
Sunset--8:00------7:59-------7:58------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252422201919222926242119191819242627232120202128
Feels °C (?)212121212120233026262117181921252628252321222329
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