Wombarra surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 17 Oct 2025 AEDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Wombarra today?

The current surf forecast for Wombarra at 6AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Oct)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (17 Oct)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (17 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NE
1.9
NE
1.6
NE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1.1
NE
1.6
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.3
NE
1.8
NE
0.7
S
1.6
NE
Period(s) (?)8888886677887777798856106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82446735526629615915425626821020214480444334321171351027219298200
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
30
SSW
25
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
N
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
1.13
6:34PM
1.31
7:21AM
1.22
7:19PM
1.30
7:55AM
1.30
7:59PM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
0.22
12:27PM
0.44
1:05AM
0.21
1:16PM
0.37
1:38AM
0.21
1:59PM
0.32
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise--6:11-------6:11-------6:09-----
Sunset-----7:09-------7:10-------7:12--
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------1--------
Temp. °C212124313219171616161717181817161616162123221816
Feels °C (?)191821292916141314151716151515141514141819181615
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Illawarra

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Wombarra (strong winds from the WNW at FlyStanwell 3 km from Wombarra). 0.2m 15s groundswell from the S to make surfable waves.

    Wombarra
Expand
<
>
View all

Actual: 37 min ago

46 km/h
WNW
Offshore
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Wombarra surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest
Nearest
Nearest