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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 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
19.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than 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 3PM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.1
E
0.1
E
1.1
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
SSE
1
SW
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)66666611116666947878877777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8080688580522298453119293923201928282719131313
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
15
N
10
NE
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
25
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
SW
10
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
crossoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
1.14
6:34PM
1.49
7:13AM
1.22
7:14PM
1.47
7:47AM
1.29
7:52PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
0.35
1:08AM
0.15
1:00PM
0.29
1:40AM
0.15
1:42PM
0.25
2:09AM
0.16
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Mon
22
Sunrise5:50-------5:50-------5:48-------
Sunset---5:49-------5:50-------5:51----
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131923222019181818192019141211101016202016151412
Feels °C (?)10161820171614151513131387665111717101098
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Little Austi and Main Beach (moderate winds from the NW at FlyStanwell 10 km from Little Austi and Main Beach). A 0.9m windswell from the NE

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Actual: 46 min ago

28 km/h
NW
Offshore
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