Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 03 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is
19.8°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Cheese Graters today (04 Oct):

  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 12AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm October 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)--
Afternoon (04 Oct)--
Evening (04 Oct)5ft (1.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
3
Sunday
4
Monday
5
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
ENE
9
1.5
ENE
9
1.7
ENE
10
1.7
NE
10
1.7
NE
10
1.7
NE
10
1.7
ENE
10
1.7
ENE
10
1.6
NE
10
1.6
NE
10
1.5
ENE
10
1.4
NE
10
1.4
NE
10
1.4
NE
9
1.4
NE
9
1.4
NE
9
1.4
NE
9
1.4
NE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
338
362
490
569
557
569
532
532
480
471
430
384
368
353
345
300
300
328
Wind (km/h)
30
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
30
NNE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
High Tide
1:41AM1.21m
2:28PM1.64m
3:14AM1.22m
3:48PM1.66m
Low Tide
7:58PM0.57m
7:37AM0.56m
9:24PM0.55m
9:07AM0.56m
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4:56
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5:27
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Temp °C
18
17
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
17
17
17
17
17
18
18
18
18
Feels °C
14
13
12
13
13
13
14
14
14
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13
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15
15
14
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