The Bombie surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 AEDT
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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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.3°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 6PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 22). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)--
Afternoon (22 Oct)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (22 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
NE
1.3
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
1.3
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
ENE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
S
Period(s) (?)888999991010910101010101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16525426730735327821616293264036344350648740833927318332211685202193151
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
30
W
30
W
25
WNW
20
WSW
20
WSW
10
SW
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
E
5
N
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
1.16
9:45AM
1.48
10:17PM
1.10
10:18AM
1.46
10:56PM
1.04
10:53AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:42PM
0.20
3:23AM
0.32
4:20PM
0.21
3:53AM
0.37
5:00PM
0.24
4:25AM
0.42
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise------6:05-------6:03-------6:03-
Sunset-7:15-------7:15-------7:16------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C353322221915161818161515131215192018161515151619
Feels °C (?)312818161410141414121313111013161714131414151617
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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). 1.5m 8s swell from the NE with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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W
Clean
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