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Wollongong South Beach Surf Forecast
/ NSW – Illawarra (42 breaks) / New South Wales (297 breaks) /
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Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 AEDT
How big are the waves at Wollongong South Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Wollongong South Beach at 3PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 21). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (AEDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 6s |
| Afternoon (21 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
| Evening (21 Oct) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 5s |
Table - waves today at Wollongong South Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Fri 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 68 | 76 | 62 | 49 | 27 | 143 | 38 | 44 | 46 | 46 | 489 | 302 | 362 | 395 | 376 | 296 | 220 | 162 | 118 | 101 | 75 | 62 | 43 | 101 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | on | on | glass | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:44AM 1.44 | 9:04PM 1.21 | 9:14AM 1.47 | 9:41PM 1.16 | 9:45AM 1.48 | 10:19PM 1.10 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 3:05PM 0.22 | 2:54AM 0.28 | 3:42PM 0.20 | 3:23AM 0.33 | 4:20PM 0.21 | 3:53AM 0.38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Fri 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | 6:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:07 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:15 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 30 | 37 | 30 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 12 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 29 | 33 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra
The wind is still cross-on at Wollongong South Beach (light winds from the ENE at Port Kembla Ntc Aws 5 km from Wollongong South Beach). 0.8m 7s swell from the NE with a 0.6m 5s windswell from the ESE and a 0.3m 16s long period groundswell from the SE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 11 min ago
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