Wollongong South Beach surf break

Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 04 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
23.6° 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 2PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (04 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (04 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
3
3
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
NE
1.4
ENE
1.9
NE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
NE
1.2
ENE
1.5
ENE
2.1
NE
2
NE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.6
NE
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)777787888777777888889989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8282264349226396226199161157206153215459423199186186206163213203354212
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
SW
0
WSW
5
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
N
5
N
5
W
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40AM
1.55
10:11PM
1.34
10:18AM
1.46
10:45PM
1.37
10:56AM
1.35
11:20PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03PM
0.09
4:07AM
0.21
4:34PM
0.14
4:49AM
0.23
5:03PM
0.21
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:29-------7:27----
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
12257------1--------111-
Temp. °C222324252222222121242625232222212124252524232222
Feels °C (?)262626272424262425272725232425242326272826252425
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