The Bombie surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 17 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
23.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Bombie today?

The current surf forecast for The Bombie at 11PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)--
Afternoon (17 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (17 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
1
S
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
Period(s) (?)7111110106666667889666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)595655343164988282412826293055272032313022212137
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
20
SW
5
W
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
5
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:28PM
1.26
8:29AM
1.52
9:03PM
1.37
9:10AM
1.52
9:40PM
1.45
9:53AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
0.12
2:16AM
0.26
2:55PM
0.07
3:00AM
0.19
3:29PM
0.06
3:46AM
0.14
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-
Sunset-7:12-------7:10-------7:09------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----2221------11-1241--
Temp. °C282322222120212121212020201919192021202021212022
Feels °C (?)262123212120222121212021212020202223202121211921
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