Wollongong South Beach surf break

Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Saturday 21 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
23.0° 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 5AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


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Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.8
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
ENE
Period(s) (?)89911111010109999867777766788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)222626243631306660573924335611711411010785685077121163
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
0
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
ESE
10
ENE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:01PM
1.55
11:27AM
1.28
11:46PM
1.55
12:21PM
1.16
12:38AM
1.52
1:25PM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:24AM
0.13
5:20PM
0.22
6:20AM
0.17
6:04PM
0.31
7:23AM
0.22
Sat
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----7:00-------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset-------7:06-------7:04-------7:02
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
------------111-------11
Temp. °C222121212123242321212120212323232121201920232323
Feels °C (?)242222222123242423232322232524232223222022252422
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