Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Issued: 10 am 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is

20.8°C

Cheese Graters surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Cheese Graters today (15 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 11s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 2PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 15). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	11s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Evening (15 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Mon night. Warm (max 22°C on Mon morning, min 18°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NNW on Sun night, light winds from the SSE by Tue night).
	Sunday 15						Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 4	S 5	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SE 6	S 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	141	106	98	94	69	69	69	69	69	47	15	59	229	303	278	229	75	214	140	140	126	118	99	73
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide			12:56PM1.66m				1:30AM1.20m				1:45PM1.60m					2:32AM1.19m				2:37PM1.55m				3:35AM1.23m
Low Tide	6:09AM0.60m				7:47PM0.61m				6:59AM0.69m					8:43PM0.63m				8:01AM0.76m				9:35PM0.62m


	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:15
	—	—	—	6:59	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	7:01
mm	—	—	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	1	—	—	—	1	9	6	1	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	21	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Feels °C	17	17	15	15	15	17	16	16	18	19	19	17	15	15	15	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	SSW 14	SW 16	NW 8	NNW 8	NNW 7	NNW 7	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 7	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12
kJ	141	106	98	94	69	69	69	69	175	264	503	327	220	139	431	425	139	425	501	814	850	722	700	608
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	E 10	SSW 11	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	NW 7	NNW 7	SSW 14	N 6	SW 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 10
kJ	135	127	117	129	96	87	71	68	69	68	322	506	461	449	69	62	425	31	84	60	40	55	36	47
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 5	E 6	SSW 18	SSW 17	SSW 16	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 17	SSW 17	E 10	SSW 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	NE 6	E 10	NNW 7	E 10	N 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6
kJ	5	2	31	29	52	67	99	111	116	47	70	47	46	45	16	46	47	45	20	13	12	12	11	7
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NW 7	NW 8	S 4	S 5	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	SE 6	S 7	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6
kJ	192	287	362	489	504	504	504	465	640	631	15	59	229	303	278	229	75	214	140	140	126	118	99	73
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Back Beach Plommer NSW - Port Macquarie	Woolgoolga Back Beach NSW - North Coast	Nambucca Heads NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Emerald Beach NSW - North Coast	Coffs Harbour-North Wall NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Hat Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	3	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	580	582	587	574	574	574	574	574	574	582	582	584	607	574	574	574	574	574	574	574	574	574	574	574
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