Port Kembla Beach Surf Forecast

/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /

Australia (828 breaks) / Lat Long: (34.49° S 150.92° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Port Kembla Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 AEST

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Port Kembla Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Port Kembla Beach sea temperature is 18.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Port Kembla Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Port Kembla Beach at 3AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Sep)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Afternoon (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.5m)	9s
Evening (15 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

Table - waves today at Port Kembla Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Sun 14		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	NE	SSE	SSE	SSE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	6	8	8	8	6	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	110	108	100	70	68	46	42	40	26	26	18	14	13	7	45	52	67	79	57	91	98	95	61	48
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	N	NE	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	NNW	WNW	NW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				2:17AM 1.04				2:31PM 1.53				3:50AM 1.03				3:48PM 1.56					5:06AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)		8:17PM 0.40				7:41AM 0.59				9:45PM 0.39				9:00AM 0.62					11:00PM 0.34				10:19AM 0.59

	Sun 14		Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	15	15	14	20	24	22	19	18	16	16	16	22	27	27	22	19	17	15	14	18	20	20
Feels °C (?)	16	13	12	12	11	17	20	20	16	15	13	13	13	18	23	24	20	17	15	11	10	14	16	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Port Kembla Beach (light winds from the W at Port Kembla Ntc Aws 2 km from Port Kembla Beach). 0.8m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.4m 4s local chop from the ENE and a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
51 minutes ago Port Kembla Beach

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Actual: 51 min ago

11 km/h

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