Wollongong South Beach surf break

Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 16 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
23.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Wollongong South Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wollongong South Beach at 4PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (16 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (16 Mar)4ft (1.2m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSE
0.8
NE
0.4
E
1.1
NE
1.2
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.7
NNE
1.5
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
1
S
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.5
NE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)1458566677777566666656555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1203223691022392232512048369614777921910180695312212013
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
SW
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:07AM
1.43
7:51PM
1.15
7:49AM
1.49
8:27PM
1.25
8:29AM
1.52
9:03PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48PM
0.19
1:32AM
0.34
2:22PM
0.12
2:16AM
0.26
2:55PM
0.07
3:01AM
0.19
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------
Sunset---7:14-------7:12-------7:10----
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------211341------
Temp. °C192426252321212122282924222020202020212119191918
Feels °C (?)192323222321222122272823222020201919192019202019
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