Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Issued: 4 am 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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 7AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 03). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Evening (03 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 24mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Tue night, min 19°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, strong winds from the WNW by Wed night).
	Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thursday 5								Fri 6
	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	1	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)	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 9	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	32	34	40	41	37	44	56	52	64	71	73	103	94	52	57	101	99	99	43	73	73	72	72	72	73	58
Wind (km/h)	NE	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNE	N	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	W	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross	cross	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		4:05AM1.27m				4:24PM1.63m					5:16AM1.38m				5:29PM1.63m				6:13AM1.51m				6:23PM1.64m
Low Tide				9:56AM0.57m					11:07PM0.42m				11:11AM0.53m				11:58PM0.36m				12:12PM0.46m				00:41AM0.31m


	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:22
	—	—	—	—	—	6:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	6:51
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	7	5	4	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	20	20	19	21	21	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	19
Feels °C	20	20	20	22	21	19	19	20	18	16	17	14	19	18	15	16	17	18	21	21	19	18	15	13	12	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 6	SW 8	SSW 10	SSW 10	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 9	ENE 8	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7
kJ	32	66	178	168	136	130	101	94	64	264	294	379	384	307	282	101	99	99	231	178	121	121	121	102	105	82
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	SW 15	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	W 7	ENE 8	WSW 6	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9
kJ	26	34	40	41	37	44	56	52	226	71	73	103	94	52	43	222	219	192	140	72	73	40	72	72	73	58
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 10	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	SSW 15	SSW 16	SSW 8	SSW 8	SSW 8	N 11	N 13	E 9	E 9	E 15	N 12	N 12	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 12	ENE 8	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SW 12
kJ	90	86	15	15	15	11	89	162	62	45	25	2	3	23	57	4	3	3	43	73	127	72	87	85	49	38
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 3	N 4	N 5	NNW 6	NW 6	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 8	NW 8	NW 8	NW 7	W 6	—	W 7	—	SW 6	SW 5	SW 6	SW 7
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	35	74	94	162	320	412	517	587	519	386	52	—	56	—	52	64	143	309
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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	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2
Distance (km)	581	581	580	580	0	587	841	594	581	580	574	580	582	582	614	587	580	580	581	582	580	0	595	615	574	574
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Rating (10 max)					1																	1
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