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Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Wollongong, Australian Coast

Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Wollongong lies between the Illawarra escarpment and Pacific, offering sea cliffs, tidal rock shelves, ocean pools, and industrial port contrasts.

1 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)

Coastal Drama Score

46%

Wave Height1.2m

Swell Height1.2m

Wind Speed3.4m/s

Wind Gusts8.5m/s

Cloud Cover65%

Visibility41620

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Australia/Sydney

First upcoming window

Moderate Seascape

Wollongong

Thu, Oct 8 · 10:00–11:00 · 1h window

Medium confidence

50%

🌊Coastal Drama Score45.8%

Wave Height: 1.2m

Swell Height: 1.2m

Wind Speed: 3.4m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 8.5m/s

71-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 71-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Australia/Sydney.

Requirements breakdown is temporarily unavailable or expired. This does not mean no opportunities.

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Australia/Sydney)	High Clouds	Low Clouds	Mid-Level Clouds	Primary Swell Height	Primary Wave Direction	Significant Wave Height	Total Cloud Coverage	Wind Direction	Wind Gusts	Wind Speed	Wind Wave Height	Wind Wave Period
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise 06:24 · Sunset 19:04
10:00	0%	64%	31%	1.2m	22°	1.2m	65%	196°	8.5m/s	3.4m/s	0.28m	14s
11:00	0%	91%	26%	1.2m	22°	1.2m	91%	192°	8.5m/s	3.2m/s	0.27m	14s
12:00	0%	68%	4%	1.2m	22°	1.2m	68%	182°	8.1m/s	2.8m/s	0.27m	14s
13:00	0%	44%	1%	1.2m	21°	1.2m	44%	158°	8m/s	3m/s	0.26m	14s
14:00	0%	46%	0%	1.2m	21°	1.2m	46%	145°	9.8m/s	3.8m/s	0.26m	14s
15:00	0%	6%	0%	1.2m	21°	1.2m	6%	145°	11m/s	4.2m/s	0.26m	14s
16:00	0%	2%	0%	1.2m	20°	1.2m	2%	161°	10m/s	3.1m/s	0.25m	14s
17:00	0%	1%	0%	1.2m	20°	1.2m	1%	154°	8m/s	2.7m/s	0.25m	14s
18:00	0%	12%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.2m	12%	147°	7.2m/s	2.8m/s	0.24m	14s
19:00	0%	2%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.2m	2%	166°	6.6m/s	1.9m/s	0.24m	14s
20:00 Night	0%	1%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.1m	1%	199°	4m/s	2m/s	0.23m	14s
21:00 Night	0%	4%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.1m	4%	231°	4m/s	2m/s	0.23m	14s
22:00 Night	0%	5%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.1m	5%	255°	4.7m/s	2.4m/s	0.23m	13s
23:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.1m	0%	263°	4.8m/s	2.4m/s	0.22m	13s
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise 06:23 · Sunset 19:04
24:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.1m	0%	273°	4.5m/s	1.9m/s	0.22m	13s
01:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	19°	1.1m	0%	277°	3.6m/s	1.8m/s	0.21m	13s
02:00 Night	0%	27%	0%	1.1m	19°	1.1m	27%	285°	3.5m/s	1.8m/s	0.21m	13s
03:00 Night	0%	45%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.1m	45%	302°	3.4m/s	1.4m/s	Unavailable	13s
04:00 Night	0%	70%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.1m	70%	311°	3m/s	1.4m/s	Unavailable	13s
05:00 Night	0%	70%	0%	1m	20°	1.1m	70%	307°	3.6m/s	1.8m/s	Unavailable	13s
06:00 Night	0%	61%	0%	1.1m	20°	1.1m	61%	310°	3.8m/s	1.8m/s	Unavailable	13s
07:00	0%	55%	0%	1m	20°	1.1m	55%	300°	4.2m/s	1.8m/s	Unavailable	13s
08:00	0%	23%	0%	1m	19°	1m	23%	293°	4.6m/s	1.7m/s	Unavailable	13s
09:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	19°	1.1m	0%	308°	4.4m/s	1.1m/s	Unavailable	13s
10:00	0%	1%	0%	1m	19°	1.1m	1%	27°	5.4m/s	1.7m/s	Unavailable	13s
11:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	18°	1m	1%	52°	7.9m/s	3m/s	Unavailable	13s
12:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	18°	1.1m	0%	63°	11m/s	4.7m/s	0.21m	13s
13:00	10%	0%	0%	1m	18°	1m	10%	64°	14m/s	6m/s	0.21m	13s
14:00	55%	0%	0%	1m	18°	1m	55%	61°	15m/s	6.4m/s	0.21m	13s
15:00	2%	0%	0%	1m	18°	1m	2%	56°	15m/s	6.6m/s	0.21m	12s
16:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	17°	1m	0%	49°	15m/s	6.2m/s	0.21m	12s
17:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	17°	1m	0%	39°	14m/s	5.7m/s	0.21m	12s
18:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	17°	1m	0%	33°	13m/s	4.7m/s	0.21m	12s
19:00	0%	0%	0%	0.99m	17°	1m	0%	27°	10m/s	3.7m/s	0.21m	12s
20:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.98m	17°	1m	0%	9°	7.4m/s	2.6m/s	0.21m	12s
21:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.96m	17°	1m	0%	342°	5.4m/s	2.2m/s	0.21m	12s
22:00 Night	2%	0%	0%	0.95m	17°	1m	2%	331°	4.7m/s	2.2m/s	0.21m	12s
23:00 Night	2%	0%	0%	0.93m	16°	1m	2%	344°	4.6m/s	1.7m/s	0.21m	12s
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise 06:21 · Sunset 19:05
24:00 Night	23%	0%	0%	0.92m	17°	1m	24%	332°	5.1m/s	2.5m/s	0.21m	12s
01:00 Night	81%	0%	0%	0.92m	17°	1m	81%	331°	5.3m/s	2.5m/s	0.21m	12s
02:00 Night	89%	0%	2%	0.91m	17°	1m	89%	317°	5.4m/s	2.3m/s	0.21m	12s
03:00 Night	98%	0%	28%	0.89m	17°	1m	99%	331°	5.2m/s	1.8m/s	0.21m	12s
04:00 Night	98%	0%	14%	0.88m	17°	1m	98%	335°	5.1m/s	2.2m/s	0.21m	12s
05:00 Night	98%	0%	99%	0.86m	17°	1m	100%	307°	6.8m/s	3.2m/s	0.21m	12s
06:00 Night	99%	0%	100%	0.84m	17°	1m	100%	320°	9.2m/s	4.1m/s	0.21m	12s
07:00	100%	0%	98%	0.81m	17°	1m	100%	314°	8.2m/s	3.3m/s	0.21m	12s
08:00	94%	0%	82%	0.79m	16°	1m	99%	352°	6.9m/s	2.6m/s	0.21m	12s
09:00	64%	0%	5%	0.78m	30°	1.1m	66%	310°	6.6m/s	3.4m/s	0.21m	13s
10:00	0%	0%	16%	0.77m	44°	1.1m	16%	304°	11m/s	4.8m/s	0.21m	15s
11:00	6%	1%	2%	0.76m	58°	1.1m	8%	313°	11m/s	3m/s	0.21m	17s
12:00	0%	3%	7%	0.77m	57°	1.1m	9%	315°	9.6m/s	3.7m/s	0.21m	17s
13:00	0%	3%	8%	0.77m	56°	1.1m	8%	295°	11m/s	3.6m/s	0.21m	17s
14:00	0%	0%	16%	0.78m	55°	1.1m	16%	279°	10m/s	3.4m/s	0.2m	18s
15:00	0%	0%	13%	0.8m	55°	1.1m	13%	257°	9.8m/s	3.9m/s	0.2m	18s
16:00	0%	0%	2%	0.83m	54°	1.1m	2%	239°	10m/s	4.1m/s	0.2m	18s
17:00	0%	0%	9%	0.85m	54°	1.1m	9%	238°	10m/s	4m/s	0.2m	18s
18:00	0%	0%	2%	0.87m	54°	1.1m	2%	236°	9.2m/s	3.6m/s	0.2m	18s
19:00	0%	0%	1%	0.9m	54°	1.2m	1%	248°	7.8m/s	3.7m/s	0.2m	17s
20:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.92m	53°	1.2m	0%	266°	7.9m/s	3.7m/s	0.2m	17s
21:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.93m	54°	1.2m	0%	269°	7.6m/s	3.4m/s	0.2m	17s
22:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.95m	54°	1.2m	0%	254°	6.8m/s	3.1m/s	0.2m	17s
23:00 Night	0%	4%	0%	0.96m	54°	1.2m	4%	199°	9.9m/s	5m/s	0.2m	17s
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise 06:20 · Sunset 19:06
24:00 Night	0%	23%	0%	0.97m	54°	1.2m	23%	205°	10m/s	4.5m/s	0.2m	17s
01:00 Night	0%	57%	0%	0.97m	54°	1.2m	57%	212°	9.2m/s	4.1m/s	0.2m	17s
02:00 Night	0%	27%	0%	0.98m	53°	1.2m	27%	217°	8.5m/s	3.8m/s	0.2m	16s
03:00 Night	0%	34%	0%	0.98m	53°	1.2m	34%	217°	7.5m/s	3.4m/s	0.2m	16s
04:00 Night	0%	23%	0%	0.99m	53°	1.2m	23%	217°	6.7m/s	3.4m/s	0.2m	16s
05:00 Night	0%	29%	0%	0.99m	53°	1.2m	29%	217°	6.6m/s	3.1m/s	0.2m	16s
06:00 Night	0%	38%	0%	0.98m	53°	1.2m	38%	229°	5.8m/s	2.6m/s	0.2m	16s
07:00	0%	61%	0%	0.97m	54°	1.2m	61%	230°	5.3m/s	2.8m/s	0.2m	16s
08:00	0%	63%	0%	0.96m	54°	1.2m	63%	234°	5.3m/s	1.8m/s	0.2m	16s
09:00	0%	51%	0%	0.96m	54°	1.2m	51%	209°	4.6m/s	1m/s	0.2m	16s

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Australian Coast. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Wollongong.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Wollongong during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days

recorded matching window · 50% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching window · 50% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 57% average confidence

Only 2 completed matches are recorded in the last 365 days—insufficient history to identify a reliable typical start time or month.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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