Wombarra surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm 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
22.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Wombarra today?

The current surf forecast for Wombarra at 2AM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Jan)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (23 Jan)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (23 Jan)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)899991010109999999899101011111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)775941809792771896710602506442391337329281222217232243253346560662495477
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
NE
5
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
15
NNE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.18
12:03PM
1.44
12:54AM
1.22
12:48PM
1.33
1:42AM
1.26
1:40PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
0.10
5:50AM
0.36
6:39PM
0.13
6:42AM
0.39
7:18PM
0.17
7:43AM
0.42
Thu
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Sunrise----6:05-------6:07-------6:07---
Sunset8:07-------8:07-------8:07-------
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918181919202019181716182324232220202022283230
Feels °C (?)131415151717171717171615182221212221222223293230
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