Wombarra surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 22 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
22.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Wombarra today?

The current surf forecast for Wombarra at 3PM is: 2.3m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (22 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (22 Jan)8ft (2.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sun
25
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
1
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.3
SE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
S
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111178899910101099999988881010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7456731279677699755724792771896725602517442391344329281217180190194248338
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
25
S
35
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:23AM
1.51
12:11AM
1.18
12:03PM
1.44
12:54AM
1.22
12:48PM
1.33
1:42AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
0.34
6:04PM
0.10
5:50AM
0.36
6:39PM
0.13
6:42AM
0.39
7:18PM
0.17
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sun
25
Sunrise6:05-------6:05-------6:07-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:07---
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202119201919181819202020191818161823252321212120
Feels °C (?)201814141314151517181717171718151722232121222321
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