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Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia
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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
20.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than 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 10PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm May 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (AEST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (25 May) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 12s |
| Evening (25 May) | 7ft (2.2m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Wollongong South Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mon 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wednesday 27 | Thu 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | ENE 11 | |
1372 | 1396 | 1280 | 1302 | 1302 | 1227 | 1248 | 1248 | 1248 | 1810 | 2997 | 2808 | 1820 | 1850 | 1607 | 1581 | 1320 | 1290 | 1151 | 1022 | 1005 | 988 | 952 | 1626 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | on | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | |
High Tide | 4:22PM1.24m | 4:18AM1.16m | 5:06PM1.31m | 5:13AM1.10m | 5:46PM1.38m | 6:03AM1.07m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:28PM0.46m | 10:34AM0.29m | 11:26PM0.41m | 11:13AM0.32m | 00:16AM0.35m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:50 | — | — | |
— | 4:57 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | — | — | — | 4:54 | |
— | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
Temp °C | 20 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 19 |
20 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 20 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | S 11 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 11 |
1372 | 1396 | 1280 | 1302 | 1302 | 1227 | 1248 | 1248 | 1248 | 21 | 2129 | 1987 | 1820 | 1850 | 1607 | 1581 | 1320 | 1290 | 1151 | 1022 | 1005 | 988 | 952 | 986 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 16 | SSE 15 | SSE 14 | SSE 14 | SSE 13 | SSE 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 17 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | SSE 8 |
25 | 44 | 41 | 38 | 34 | 30 | 25 | 24 | 22 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 30 | 43 | 41 | 39 | 37 | 22 | 22 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 19 | S 18 | S 17 | — | — | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 16 | — | S 16 | S 16 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 18 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 6 | 6 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | — | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | NNE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 11 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1810 | 2997 | 2808 | 263 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1626 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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