Wollongong South Beach surf break

Wollongong South Beach surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 01 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
22.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Wollongong South Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Wollongong South Beach at 6PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 01). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (01 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Evening (01 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)88121111111111101010109810999988887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2382261894633803031941501027473734549463151043633628825519714010733
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
1.74
9:18PM
1.15
9:17AM
1.74
10:02PM
1.19
10:02AM
1.70
10:44PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:20PM
-0.00
2:48AM
0.25
4:02PM
-0.01
3:36AM
0.23
4:41PM
0.01
4:23AM
0.24
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wed
04
Sunrise6:15-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset----8:02-------8:01-------8:00---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---31-------------------
Temp. °C262725211918171515181919181717181921222220181716
Feels °C (?)2827252016141387111313141514161719191917161615
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