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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 30 Dec 2025 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
21.6° 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 6PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am December 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Dec)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (30 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (30 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Fri
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.8
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
Period(s) (?)8888810999131313131313131313121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171224254171175143273228280112012661365142014581281138312071049692569569454446340
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffglassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
1.44
5:25PM
1.07
6:00AM
1.55
6:37PM
1.07
6:55AM
1.66
7:41PM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:40AM
0.33
11:17PM
0.27
12:46PM
0.21
12:15AM
0.28
1:46PM
0.10
1:11AM
0.27
Tuesday
30
Wednesday
31
Thursday
01
Fri
02
Sunrise5:45-------5:46-------5:47-------
Sunset----8:09-------8:10-------8:10---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C152021211816161618212222191918181819191918171716
Feels °C (?)151818191715151618202120181816151515151516151616
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