Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Issued: 10 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is

20.5°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 5AM is: 0.8m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 03). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	8s
Evening (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 33mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue night, min 18°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Wed morning, strong winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).
	Tue 3		Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	44	84	66	71	71	103	98	74	65	101	99	94	73	73	73	73	72	73	57	59
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	NNW	N	NW	NNE	NNW	NW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NNW	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide					5:16AM1.38m				5:29PM1.63m				6:13AM1.51m				6:23PM1.64m
Low Tide			11:07PM0.42m				11:11AM0.53m				11:58PM0.36m				12:12PM0.46m				00:41AM0.31m


	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	6:51
mm	—	1	10	13	4	4	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	21	20	18	21	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	19	19	19	18
Feels °C	19	19	15	14	20	17	18	17	18	19	18	18	19	20	20	15	14	12	12	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 9	SSW 9	ENE 8	SSW 14	NNW 6	ENE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	N 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7
kJ	101	94	66	264	156	103	384	307	282	101	99	94	172	132	118	92	58	45	47	34
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	SSW 16	SW 15	ENE 8	SSW 14	NW 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	W 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9
kJ	44	162	226	71	294	68	98	74	65	273	219	212	49	73	73	73	72	73	57	59
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	E 7	SSW 8	SSW 8	ENE 8	SSW 14	N 11	E 9	E 9	N 12	N 12	N 12	ENE 8	W 6	W 6	SSW 12	E 14	SSW 11	SW 12	E 14
kJ	89	9	62	45	71	286	2	25	57	3	3	3	73	39	36	91	4	51	34	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 3	NE 8	N 4	NNW 5	NW 6	N 6	NNW 8	NNW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 7	—	—	—	W 4	WSW 6	SW 6	SW 7	SW 8
kJ	4	84	18	105	72	74	326	515	478	481	407	311	—	—	—	40	176	269	420	609
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	2	2
Distance (km)	587	580	574	574	574	574	615	582	581	0	580	580	580	574	592	611	574	574	574	574
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Rating (10 max)										1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	3	1	1	3	4	4	3
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5

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