Wollongong South Beach surf break

Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 31 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
23.7° C
(Which is 1.6°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 3PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 31). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (31 Mar)1ft (0.3m)16s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
E
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.7
ENE
1.1
NE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)88881616716516155555566655566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9575574548531710311484531385529733325403962743436
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:55AM
1.44
8:28PM
1.34
8:36AM
1.41
9:02PM
1.40
9:15AM
1.35
9:35PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18PM
0.14
2:29AM
0.24
2:49PM
0.16
3:10AM
0.20
3:19PM
0.19
3:50AM
0.19
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise7:07-------7:07-------7:07-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:52-------6:51----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172122232019181717222423201918171822242420191818
Feels °C (?)172019201819181717212220191919171821222119191818
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