Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Issued: 4 am 11 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

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 (11 Nov):

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 10AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 11). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Wed night. Warm (max 22°C on Wed night, min 19°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13								Sat 14
	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	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	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 11	E 10	SSW 9	E 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	S 10	S 10	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	E 8	E 5	E 5
Wave Graph
kJ	12	17	0	17	0	0	0	240	157	0	0	0	122	94	92	69	66	46	44	42	39	39	37	37	20	20
Wind (km/h)	W	W	W	WNW	NW	NNW	N	NW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	WSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SE	ESE	E	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross	glassy	glassy	cross	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				10:12AM1.93m				10:22PM1.46m				10:50AM1.88m					11:02PM1.38m				11:30AM1.82m				11:46PM1.31m
Low Tide		3:38AM0.26m				4:34PM0.39m				4:13AM0.32m					5:17PM0.44m			4:49AM0.40m					6:03PM0.50m


	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:16
	—	—	—	—	—	6:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:55	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:57	—	—	—	6:58
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	6	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	22	22	22	21	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19
Feels °C	15	16	17	18	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	21	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	17	17
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NNW 6	NNW 6	NW 6	SSW 14	NNW 6	SSW 13
kJ	980	701	528	433	360	360	287	240	157	89	82	82	74	66	86	86	73	75	75	65	52	44	30	113	23	201
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 16	SSW 11	SSW 15	SSW 15	S 10	S 10	SSW 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 6	E 8	SSW 14	NW 6
kJ	7	17	49	84	71	173	82	148	148	188	184	132	122	94	92	69	66	46	44	42	39	35	30	37	161	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNE 11	NNE 11	SSW 14	E 10	SSW 17	SSW 11	SSW 15	ENE 8	SW 11	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 9	E 9	E 8	S 7	E 5	E 5
kJ	12	12	19	17	113	24	92	14	29	97	98	93	89	89	92	23	22	21	20	20	39	39	37	26	20	20
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	NW 4	NW 5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	ENE 2	NE 3	NE 3	NNW 6	—	NE 3
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	5	37	—	3
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	580	580	580	582	587	595	581	574	581	574	574	592	0	0	574	0	0	574	574	584	595	587	581	581	580	574
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Rating (10 max)													1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	2	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	6	5	5	5	5	4	4

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