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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 06 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
22.6° 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 1PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)8999999999999991010999810109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21018619015315713013010299768185649593598452340221155100726562
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
SW
10
NE
10
N
10
W
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
NNW
5
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
1.03
10:51PM
1.38
11:33AM
0.95
11:34PM
1.32
12:27PM
0.89
12:27AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:53AM
0.28
4:20PM
0.43
5:40AM
0.34
4:56PM
0.50
6:34AM
0.40
5:41PM
0.56
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise6:11-------6:11-------6:13-------
Sunset---5:45-------5:44-------5:43----
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151820191716161617252826232120202022232220191817
Feels °C (?)151819181715151516242826242018202023232322211917
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