The Bombie surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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The Bombie surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Bombie 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 The Bombie today?

The current surf forecast for The Bombie at 3PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at The Bombie. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
S
1.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1.1
NE
1
NE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SSE
0.9
NE
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)8888881167888777109669811611
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9191734948363687225223157906848349462108793634245666
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
W
10
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
25
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
ENE
10
ENE
20
NE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
20
W
15
N
25
N
20
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:01AM
0.99
4:54PM
1.45
5:54AM
1.06
5:48PM
1.48
6:37AM
1.14
6:34PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:22AM
0.47
11:49PM
0.20
11:24AM
0.41
12:32AM
0.17
12:15PM
0.35
1:08AM
0.15
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise5:54-------5:52-------5:50-------
Sunset---5:47-------5:49-------5:49----
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------13---
Temp. °C161922211614131212151717151413121419221615161616
Feels °C (?)12141816108999141514141312101116191313121315
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Bombie (light winds from the W at Bellambi Automatic Weather Station 1 km from The Bombie). 0.9m 8s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.

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