North Era surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 AEST
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North Era surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's North Era sea temperature is
18.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at North Era today?

The current surf forecast for North Era at 2AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (15 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (15 Sep)2ft (0.6m)5s

Table - waves today at North Era. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sun
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)111110101010999668888667788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)146144136969265414040254214145594108971051381631359982
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
N
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
10
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:30AM
0.93
2:43PM
1.39
3:58AM
0.93
3:58PM
1.39
5:10AM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34PM
0.31
7:56AM
0.49
9:57PM
0.30
9:18AM
0.51
11:06PM
0.26
10:34AM
0.48
Sun
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Sunrise----5:56-------5:54-------5:52---
Sunset-------5:45-------5:46-------5:46
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181614131418232522191616162227262220181515182221
Feels °C (?)16131110121519211816131312172323201917910131815
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at North Era (near gales from the WNW at FlyStanwell 7 km from North Era). 0.8m 10s swell from the S with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the NE and a 0.2m 11s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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56 km/h
WNW
Offshore
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