The Bombie surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 11 Mar 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
23.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (11 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (11 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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


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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.2
NE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.8
SSE
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
1.3
E
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)88886689912111188812998810101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131119212336232377376371307569513510448427534534599547588675826681757698
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
20
N
25
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
25
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:00PM
0.84
3:19AM
1.21
4:28PM
0.84
4:31AM
1.23
5:41PM
0.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
0.50
8:18PM
0.58
10:36AM
0.49
9:35PM
0.60
11:43AM
0.44
10:52PM
0.57
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sat
14
Sunrise6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:21-------7:19-------7:17----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192528272322222020222120201918181819191918181818
Feels °C (?)192426262223221618201917171615161515141414141516
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