Wollongong South Beach surf break

Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 14 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Wollongong South Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wollongong South Beach sea temperature is
23.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Wollongong South Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wollongong South Beach at 2PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (14 Mar)4ft (1.2m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
1.6
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
1
NE
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)119998889914142017161615158856666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)188409287237190153131134835982395433380357234121192338728375216
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
10
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
25
NE
30
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
NE
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32AM
1.29
6:32PM
0.96
6:23AM
1.36
7:14PM
1.05
7:07AM
1.43
7:51PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:33PM
0.36
11:55PM
0.51
1:13PM
0.27
12:46AM
0.43
1:48PM
0.19
1:32AM
0.34
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
Sunrise6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:16-------7:15-------7:14----
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192021211918171616212424211918171823242422212020
Feels °C (?)171819191817161515192020201818171823222121212020
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