Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 06 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is
19.9°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 (06 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 9s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 7AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 06). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Oct)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Afternoon (06 Oct)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (06 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue night, min 15°C on Wed night). Mainly strong winds.

Tuesday
6
Wednesday
7
Thursday
8
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
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)
1.1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
1
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
9
0.8
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
0.5
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
9
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.5
E
8
0.4
ENE
8
0.4
ENE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
199
168
165
165
147
116
94
86
68
70
45
44
44
43
30
28
27
28
24
24
24
34
24
22
Wind (km/h)
30
N
30
N
30
N
35
N
35
NNW
40
N
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NW
35
W
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
W
30
W
30
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
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
off
off
off
off
High Tide
5:32AM1.31m
5:55PM1.71m
6:32AM1.45m
6:50PM1.77m
7:20AM1.60m
7:37PM1.81m
Low Tide
11:34PM0.48m
11:25AM0.49m
00:29AM0.38m
12:27PM0.40m
1:13AM0.30m
1:20PM0.31m
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6:28
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6:28
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1
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Temp °C
17
17
18
18
18
18
19
19
19
21
18
17
17
17
16
16
15
15
16
17
17
17
17
17
Feels °C
12
13
13
13
13
13
14
14
14
16
12
10
10
9
9
9
8
8
9
10
9
10
11
10
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