Wombarra surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 13 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
23.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Wombarra today?

The current surf forecast for Wombarra at 3AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.8
NE
2.2
NE
2.3
NE
2.2
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
ENE
2
SSW
3
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)8888888855666656788886810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18116315312811011913513566778177608213323745361755939831828213853166
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
NNE
20
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
N
10
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
N
10
N
0
NNW
15
S
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:39PM
0.88
6:08AM
1.29
6:44PM
0.89
6:55AM
1.35
7:37PM
0.92
7:39AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:11PM
0.47
1:03PM
0.43
12:05AM
0.48
1:50PM
0.36
12:55AM
0.46
2:32PM
0.29
Tue
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise----5:58-------5:58-------5:58---
Sunset8:10-------8:10-------8:09-------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------11-1-114351-----
Temp. °C222120202224242221202020222323222121212020232322
Feels °C (?)222221222322212120202021232323222023242118202120
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