Wombarra surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 15 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
22.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wombarra today?

The current surf forecast for Wombarra at 2PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (15 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (15 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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

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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
!
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
NE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
NE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.3
S
2.3
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
E
3
E
Period(s) (?)666677888888888910109910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90123207249342503452393549402363372323922792861101910249239231555153723091517
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
0
N
10
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
1.35
7:37PM
0.92
7:39AM
1.41
8:22PM
0.95
8:19AM
1.47
9:01PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:50PM
0.36
12:55AM
0.46
2:32PM
0.29
1:41AM
0.42
3:10PM
0.23
2:23AM
0.38
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise5:58-------5:58-------6:00-------
Sunset----8:09-------8:09-------8:09---
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
mod rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
Rain (mm)
-11-121211--132334566443
Temp. °C222423222221202020222423212121212121212120202020
Feels °C (?)232322202120232218212121192120201919191917171717
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