Wombarra surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Wombarra surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Wombarra sea temperature is
21.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Wombarra today?

The current surf forecast for Wombarra at 6AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)5s
Evening (08 Jan)6ft (1.8m)6s

Table - waves today at Wombarra. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
2
2
!
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1.3
NE
1.8
NE
1.9
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1.6
NE
1.7
NE
1.7
NE
1.9
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.1
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
2.1
NE
3
NE
2.2
NE
Period(s) (?)566656677788778899988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5652545690199275298269269320320396569909105314231099631449363533979671
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
0
S
40
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:58AM
1.14
12:47PM
1.41
1:47AM
1.15
1:33PM
1.25
2:37AM
1.17
2:22PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
0.40
7:29PM
0.17
7:30AM
0.47
8:08PM
0.25
8:33AM
0.53
8:48PM
0.33
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--5:52-------5:52-------5:54-----
Sunset------8:10-------8:10-------8:10-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222124323130252321202327292925232324293840372120
Feels °C (?)222023292827232221202326272724242322253438391616
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