Wombarra surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 21 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 6AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (22 Jan)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (22 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
1
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
2.5
SE
3
SSE
2.4
S
2.1
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111789991010101099999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)102796196186274567357160410878486718221047914799627506442391337329281237232
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
N
5
W
15
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
15
NNE
25
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
1.13
11:23AM
1.51
12:11AM
1.18
12:03PM
1.44
12:54AM
1.22
12:48PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:04AM
0.34
6:04PM
0.10
5:50AM
0.36
6:39PM
0.13
6:42AM
0.39
Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise----6:05-------6:05-------6:07---
Sunset8:07-------8:07-------8:07-------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C201918181921182018191818181920201918171618232423
Feels °C (?)201918191818131513141515161717171717171518222222
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