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Wollongong South Beach surf break

Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 16 Jan 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
22.2° C
 (Which is 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 1AM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)13ft (4.0m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)15ft (4.5m)10s

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

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Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSE
3.5
SE
4
SE
4
SE
4
SE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
4
ESE
4
SE
4.5
SE
4.5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
4.5
ESE
4
ESE
4
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3.5
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
3
ESE
Period(s) (?)9910101010101110101010111110101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)73221823017299029802669277033713461390041825692552855033754300828102322206917741658155316181474
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
0.96
8:07AM
1.51
8:50PM
1.00
8:46AM
1.56
9:28PM
1.03
9:23AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
0.43
3:00PM
0.22
2:12AM
0.39
3:36PM
0.17
2:52AM
0.36
4:11PM
0.13
Fri
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
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Rain (mm)
-13465444466789621112222
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Feels °C (?)181817161617171715151616171617161516161717181919
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