The Goat’s Surf Forecast
Surf forecast issued Thursday 15 January 2026: Seven day outlook for Sydney
It’s enough to give you a touch ot the tropics~~~~~~
We gotta a lot of Lows up north with rain, giving the northern parts of the country their Wet Season (which is why it’s called The Wet)…
And we got another Low down south, ready to spin off on a little trip up the coast, and a great big High over a chunk of the country, which looks like dragging water off the Tasman to drop here.
The ABM is forecasting showers and possible storms for the week ahead. With onshoreish type winds, (and large surf warnings for Saturday and Sunday), TG is not expecting a week of worthwhile watersports activity.
Good luck if you find out otherwise.Only 4 takers that I saw out today (kids) in onshore non event 1-2 m waves.
Surf Outlook
Friday: coming up in the 1-2 metre rnage, maybe 2ish from the North East
Saturday: could be up some more, say 3-4 metres from the East, but depends on the movement and positioning of the Low
Sunday: looking like 3-4 metres East at this stage, but again ditto as above
Monday: say 2 – 2+ metres East
Tuesday: ditto
Wednesday: in the 1-2 metre range East
Thursday: ditto.
Could get some wild and wooley weather and waves at times – or not.
So stay alert but not alarmed. TG hates the smell of wet fur.
TG.
Up in the Air
https://reg.bom.gov.au/australia/charts/4day_col.shtml
Winds
https://www.windy.com/-33.855/151.216?-34.454,151.216,8,p:wind
Down in the Sea
Water temp is around 20
Tides
https://www.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/noindex/2025-06/tidetables_2526-v4.pdf
Weather from ABM
Sydney Forecast
View the current warnings for New South Wales
Forecast issued at 4:20 pm EDT on Thursday 15 January 2026.
Forecast for the rest of Thursday
- Summary
- Shower or two. Storm.
- Chance of any rain: 70%
Sydney area
Cloudy. Medium chance of showers, becoming less likely later tonight. A thunderstorm likely, possibly severe with damaging winds, large hail and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding in the west. Winds northeasterly 20 to 30 km/h.
Sun protection recommended from 8:50 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Friday 16 January
- Summary
- Min 20
- Max 29
- Showers.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 10 mm
- Chance of any rain: 80%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds east to northeasterly 15 to 20 km/h becoming light before dawn then becoming south to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h in the early morning.
Fire Danger – Moderate
Sun protection recommended from 9:00 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Saturday 17 January
- Summary
- Min 20
- Max 25
- Showers. Possible storm.
- Possible rainfall: 15 to 70 mm
- Chance of any rain: 90%
Sydney area
Cloudy. Very high chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm, possibly severe with damaging winds and heavy rain which may lead to flash flooding. Winds south to southwesterly 15 to 25 km/h tending south to southeasterly 25 to 40 km/h during the morning.
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as rock fishing, swimming and surfing.
Sun protection recommended from 8:50 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 11 [Extreme]
Sunday 18 January
- Summary
- Min 19
- Max 22
- Rain.
- Possible rainfall: 4 to 30 mm
- Chance of any rain: 90%
Sydney area
Cloudy. Very high chance of rain. The chance of a thunderstorm in the morning. Winds south to southeasterly 25 to 40 km/h.
Large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as rock fishing, swimming and surfing.
Sun protection recommended from 8:50 am to 5:10 pm, UV Index predicted to reach 12 [Extreme]
Monday 19 January
- Summary
- Min 19
- Max 26
- Shower or two.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 10 mm
- Chance of any rain: 70%
Sydney area
Cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm in the evening. Winds south to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h.
Tuesday 20 January
- Summary
- Min 20
- Max 27
- Shower or two.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 10 mm
- Chance of any rain: 70%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. High chance of showers. The chance of a thunderstorm. Winds southerly 15 to 20 km/h tending southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h during the morning.
Wednesday 21 January
- Summary
- Min 19
- Max 26
- Shower or two.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 4 mm
- Chance of any rain: 60%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers. Winds south to southeasterly 15 to 25 km/h.
Thursday 22 January
- Summary
- Min 19
- Max 27
- Possible shower.
- Possible rainfall: 0 to 1 mm
- Chance of any rain: 40%
Sydney area
Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower. Light winds becoming east to southeasterly 15 to 20 km/h during the morning