Wombarra surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 20 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 3PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
!
!
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
0.9
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.4
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)881111111111111111111111111111111111117788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2441871733197008621101990853837837921921921838822745661595661516611649501
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
W
10
SSW
20
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
1.58
10:53PM
1.10
10:46AM
1.56
11:31PM
1.13
11:23AM
1.51
12:11AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
0.11
4:22AM
0.33
5:29PM
0.10
5:04AM
0.34
6:04PM
0.10
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:08-------8:07-------8:07---
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202222212019181719212121191918171820181919181717
Feels °C (?)192020191918171618201919181918171818131414131213
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