Wollongong North Beach surf break

Wollongong North Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wollongong North Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wollongong North Beach sea temperature is
19.2° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wollongong North Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wollongong North Beach at 7PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)--
Afternoon (18 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

Table - waves today at Wollongong North Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
1.3
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)777567777666666666677778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13131374527667674713411340393531261916111112141316
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
15
NE
15
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NNE
5
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48PM
1.48
6:37AM
1.14
6:34PM
1.49
7:13AM
1.22
7:15PM
1.47
7:47AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.41
12:32AM
0.17
12:15PM
0.35
1:08AM
0.15
1:00PM
0.29
1:40AM
0.15
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise------5:50-------5:50-------5:48-
Sunset-5:49-------5:49-------5:50------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C18171514131313202323201918171717181814121191016
Feels °C (?)1614131212111017182218161514131011128775511
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Wollongong North Beach (light winds from the W at Bellambi Automatic Weather Station 5 km from Wollongong North Beach). 0.9m 4s local chop from the ENE with a 0.3m 7s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

    Wollongong North Beach
Expand
<
>
View all

Actual: 41 min ago

9 km/h
W
Clean
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Wollongong North Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest