Bronte Beach surf break

Bronte Beach surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Bronte Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bronte Beach sea temperature is
22.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Bronte Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Bronte Beach at 9AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (27 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (27 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
2
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)121212121212121111111111101010101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1069976889113510479298367015154572812341631271251251221221399896989898
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
10
E
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
15
N
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
20
NE
10
E
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
1.37
3:54PM
1.00
4:38AM
1.44
5:19PM
0.97
5:43AM
1.52
6:35PM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
0.40
9:46PM
0.35
11:32AM
0.33
10:54PM
0.37
12:42PM
0.22
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise--6:09-------6:11-------6:11-----
Sunset------8:02-------8:02-------8:01-
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020212221202019181821222221212222222222222221
Feels °C (?)192021202019181818171718191920232424232322232323
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