Wollongong South Beach surf break

Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 02 Feb 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
22.6° 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 6PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 02). An open ocean swell of 2.1m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (02 Feb)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.9
ESE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
0.7
SE
1.7
NE
1.7
NNE
Period(s) (?)101010109910999988778888561077
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1087474514543804688510436336275243866567555736848996253251
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
20
NE
20
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
20
NNE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
1.74
10:02PM
1.19
10:02AM
1.70
10:44PM
1.23
10:44AM
1.61
11:25PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02PM
-0.01
3:36AM
0.23
4:41PM
0.01
4:23AM
0.24
5:18PM
0.06
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise6:16-------6:16-------6:18-------
Sunset----8:01-------8:00-------8:00---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151819201817171719212122201817161823252522201919
Feels °C (?)71112141314151517191919181616151720202120202019
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