Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Issued: 10 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is

21.2°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 (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 5AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 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 (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Evening (06 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 35mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu night, min 17°C on Sun morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the WSW on Thu night, light winds from the W by Fri night).
	Thu 5		Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10
Wave Graph
kJ	92	72	73	77	77	77	77	82	64	60	65	60	60	60	60	61	110	108	73	71
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide	6:23PM1.64m				6:59AM1.65m				7:09PM1.64m				7:41AM1.76m				7:50PM1.63m
Low Tide			00:41AM0.31m				1:03PM0.40m				1:19AM0.26m				1:49PM0.35m				1:54AM0.23m


	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:20
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:51	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:52	—	—	—	6:52
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1
Temp °C	21	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19
Feels °C	17	13	12	12	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	16	14	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	SSW 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	SW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 8	SW 8	SSW 8	SSW 8
kJ	55	72	73	77	224	77	77	82	1005	968	828	612	486	395	267	207	175	135	83	64
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	NNW 6	N 6	N 6	ENE 9	N 6	N 6	N 6	ENE 9	E 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 11	E 10	SSW 16	SSW 15
kJ	92	41	29	28	77	12	30	22	64	60	65	60	60	60	60	61	110	108	212	283
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SW 11	N 6	NW 7	NE 9	N 14	N 6	N 6	N 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	SW 16	SSW 16	E 10	E 10
kJ	87	73	50	31	29	11	3	4	21	21	20	13	13	13	12	7	68	171	73	71
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 5	WSW 5	WSW 6	SW 7	WSW 8	SW 8	SW 9	SW 9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NNW 6	NNW 6	N 4	NNW 5
kJ	30	83	196	284	238	604	790	853	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	7	36	64
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Distance (km)	574	574	574	574	574	574	595	615	581	580	0	0	0	0	0	0	580	574	574	587
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Rating (10 max)											1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	3	2	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5

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