Cheese Graters 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 31.52° S 159.08° E

Issued: 4 am 12 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Cheese Graters sea temperature is

20.1°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 (12 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Cheese Graters at 9AM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Afternoon (12 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	8s
Evening (12 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 46mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Warm (max 20°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Wed morning). Mainly strong winds.
	Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 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
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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSE 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	NE 9	NNE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	21	21	21	21	22	22	33	35	40	40	26	40	26	24	23	23	23	24	100	279	378	453	29	32
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	W	W	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				9:59AM1.89m				10:12PM1.64m				10:38AM1.87m				10:49PM1.54m					11:17AM1.81m
Low Tide		3:38AM0.18m				4:12PM0.28m				4:12AM0.23m				4:54PM0.35m				4:46AM0.31m					5:37PM0.45m


	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:32	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	9	5	4	4	13	7	1	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	16	17	17	16	17
Feels °C	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	17	18	17	16	18	10	9	9	9	7	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 17	SW 16	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	SSW 17	SSW 16	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NE 8	NE 9	SSW 15	SSW 12
kJ	21	21	21	21	22	22	202	271	261	164	150	40	26	24	202	181	157	90	49	22	24	27	84	117
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 12	SSW 18	E 8	E 8	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	SW 14	SW 14	SW 18	ENE 8	ENE 8	SSW 16	SSW 16	SW 16	SSW 16	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 8	SSW 15
kJ	46	44	17	17	15	124	33	35	40	40	26	52	53	79	23	23	171	169	122	95	28	28	24	144
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 7	S 7	SSW 18	SSW 18	SSW 12	SW 10	SSW 9	SW 8	SW 8	SW 7	SW 18	SW 18	SW 14	NE 9	NE 9	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	NE 8	NW 6	SW 15	NE 9	NNE 9
kJ	5	4	4	30	30	14	23	31	18	15	14	78	81	53	14	12	23	24	28	32	12	54	29	32
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 6	NNW 6	NW 6	NW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 5	NNW 4	NW 5	NW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NW 7	WNW 7	NW 7	—	S 3	SSE 5	S 6	S 7	S 7	SSW 7	SSW 8
kJ	72	55	44	39	33	32	33	38	39	57	88	124	161	233	251	198	—	4	100	279	378	453	563	672
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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	3	3	3	1
Distance (km)	580	580	580	582	765	761	702	581	580	582	580	574	581	580	574	580	574	627	627	627	574	574	574	584
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