Cheese Graters Surf Break

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is
19.8°C
1.0° 

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 (09 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 1AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 20s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.5m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed night, min 15°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Wed afternoon, strong winds from the S by Wed night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSE
8
0.2
ENE
9
0.2
ESE
14
0.4
SE
12
0.6
SE
12
0.8
SE
11
0.8
SE
11
0.8
SE
10
0.9
SE
10
0.8
SE
10
0.8
SE
9
0.6
SE
9
2.5
S
7
3
S
8
0.3
NE
15
0.2
ENE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
194
8
18
40
87
145
137
122
163
113
97
64
592
1249
34
21
49
47
Wind (km/h)
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
50
S
45
S
45
S
40
S
45
S
40
S
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
6:10PM1.85m
6:35AM1.51m
7:00PM1.92m
7:22AM1.63m
7:44PM1.96m
Low Tide
00:38AM0.33m
12:31PM0.26m
1:22AM0.24m
1:21PM0.19m
clear
rain showers
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:31
5:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:10
5:12
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
17
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
15
16
16
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
12
10
10
11
12
12
12
13
12
10
11
10
6
6
6
7
5
7
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