Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is
19.9°C
0.6° 

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 (05 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 9s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 9s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 4AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 04). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (05 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (05 Oct)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 20°C on Tue night, min 17°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds.

Sun
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
9 PM
12 AM
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
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)
1.6
NE
10
1.6
NE
10
1.6
NE
10
1.4
NE
10
1.4
NE
10
1.4
NE
9
1.4
NE
9
1.4
NE
9
1.3
NE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1.1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
480
471
461
376
368
353
307
307
266
203
168
168
194
194
147
116
116
86
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
20
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
30
N
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:14AM1.22m
4:48PM1.66m
5:32AM1.31m
5:55PM1.71m
Low Tide
10:24PM0.55m
10:07AM0.56m
11:34PM0.48m
11:25AM0.49m
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Temp °C
17
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19
Feels °C
13
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