Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Issued: 9 am 28 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is

19.6° 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 (28 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 4PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 28). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Afternoon (28 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Evening (28 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed night, min 16°C on Thu afternoon). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tuesday 28						Wednesday 29								Thursday 30
	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 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	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	SE 7	SE 7	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 6	NE 6	NNE 6	NNE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	284	17	25	36	23	15	15	22	52	106	139	80	99	80	43	28	28	35	34	25	20	24
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	WNW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		7:07AM1.38m				7:35PM1.89m				7:48AM1.45m				8:11PM1.95m				8:27AM1.51m				8:48PM1.97m
Low Tide			12:56PM0.40m					2:02AM0.44m				1:36PM0.36m				2:37AM0.38m				2:16PM0.33m


	6:15	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:13	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	4:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:45	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	16
Feels °C	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 16	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	NNE 6	NNE 6	SSW 15	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 12	NE 6	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	284	308	291	291	242	202	163	160	397	636	610	515	99	80	522	437	316	295	241	25	2195	2271
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 9	SE 7	SE 7	E 13	SE 7	SE 7	SSW 18	SSW 16	SSW 10	E 13	ESE 6	NE 6	SSW 14	SSW 14	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 6	E 13	NE 6	NE 7
kJ	91	17	25	13	23	15	121	232	114	3	4	80	318	337	43	28	28	35	34	3	20	24
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	E 11	E 13	E 7	SW 19	SSW 18	SE 6	SE 6	SE 6	NE 10	E 13	SSW 18	SSW 16	NW 6	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 5	NNW 5	E 13	E 11	E 13	E 13
kJ	12	10	13	1	14	31	15	10	6	4	3	63	302	43	30	18	6	2	3	2	3	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	NE 3	NE 3	ESE 7	NNE 3	NNE 3	N 4	N 4	N 5	N 5	N 6	NW 5	NW 5	WSW 4	WSW 5	SW 6	SW 7	SW 9	SW 9	SW 12	—	—
kJ	37	2	3	36	4	6	14	22	52	106	139	62	67	20	69	124	269	560	654	1682	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	3
Distance (km)	579	580	592	587	580	580	581	604	594	604	604	574	591	779	574	574	574	574	574	583	574	574
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