Wombarra surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 21 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
22.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wombarra today?

The current surf forecast for Wombarra at 5PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
1
!
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.1
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SSE
2.2
S
2
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111888999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)853837837921102792196186274567310481456811634533707593544577505451442400344
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
SW
15
SSW
20
S
30
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
NE
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:46AM
1.56
11:31PM
1.13
11:23AM
1.51
12:11AM
1.18
12:03PM
1.44
12:54AM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:29PM
0.10
5:04AM
0.34
6:04PM
0.10
5:50AM
0.36
6:39PM
0.13
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise6:03-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:07---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C182122212019181819201819181918181920202019181717
Feels °C (?)182020192019181918181413131515161718181717171617
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