The Bombie surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 22 Jan 2026 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
21.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at The Bombie today?

The current surf forecast for The Bombie at 9AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (22 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (22 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
2.5
SE
2.5
SSE
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.1
S
2
S
2.1
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111111117899910101099999998889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8228227457135716967928281007775799855640544406406351308301251194180194208
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
30
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
S
25
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:21PM
1.15
11:13AM
1.53
12:02AM
1.19
11:53AM
1.45
12:46AM
1.24
12:38PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:54AM
0.34
5:52PM
0.10
5:41AM
0.37
6:29PM
0.13
6:34AM
0.40
7:08PM
0.18
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise--6:05-------6:05-------6:07-----
Sunset------8:07-------8:07-------8:07-
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181719211920191818171820212019181716182224232220
Feels °C (?)181719181314131315141618181717171715182121212221
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