Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Wollongong South Beach today (15 Jul):
The current surf forecast for Wollongong South Beach at 1AM is: 0.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 14). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
Short Range ForecastSome drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | S 8 | S 10 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | S 7 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | SSE 18 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 228 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 232 | 219 | 176 | 135 | 86 | 52 | 46 | 43 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on |
High Tide | 8:05PM1.81m | 8:58AM1.15m | 8:55PM1.80m | 9:48AM1.18m | 9:45PM1.73m | 10:37AM1.20m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:58AM-0.06m | 2:25PM0.24m | 3:45AM-0.06m | 3:17PM0.25m | 4:30AM-0.02m | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:05 |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 |
Feels °C | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 10 | S 11 | S 10 | — | S 10 | — | S 15 | S 8 | S 15 | S 15 | SSE 7 | S 8 | S 18 | S 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | SSE 18 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 | E 5 |
| kJ | 9 | 8 | 20 | 35 | — | 1034 | — | 5 | 294 | 4 | 4 | 292 | 300 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 6 | S 16 | E 10 | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 11 | S 15 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | — | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | S 18 | SSE 16 | S 8 | S 11 | E 10 |
| kJ | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 9 | 2 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 16 | E 11 | E 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 | S 16 | S 16 | ENE 7 |
| kJ | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 4 | SW 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 6 | S 8 | S 10 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 7 | S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | S 6 | S 6 | S 5 | S 5 |
| kJ | 11 | 16 | 31 | 56 | 481 | 1767 | 780 | 472 | 466 | 232 | 228 | 462 | 466 | 279 | 265 | 238 | 232 | 219 | 176 | 135 | 86 | 52 | 46 | 43 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 144 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 74 | 74 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 74 | 106 | 106 | 106 | 26 | 27 | 35 | 27 | 35 | 74 | 27 |
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