Cherating Surf Break

Lat Long: 4.12° N 103.40° E

Cherating 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 pm 11 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cherating sea temperature is
29.4° C
0.4° 

Cherating surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cherating today (11 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Aug, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cherating at 6PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm August 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (+08) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)6s
Afternoon (11 Aug)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (11 Aug)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Heavy rain (total 37mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 29°C on Tue afternoon, min 24°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
11
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.8
SE
6
0.9
SE
6
0.9
SSE
5
1.1
SSE
5
0.7
SE
5
1
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.4
SE
6
0.6
SE
6
0.7
SE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.8
SSE
5
0.7
SSE
5
0.4
SE
5
0.4
SE
5
0.7
SSE
6
0.7
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
51
21
20
38
44
49
69
27
51
39
15
11
25
23
31
31
22
8
8
27
27
Wind (km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
S
10
S
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
15
SW
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
SSW
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
High Tide
6:23PM1.35m
9:28AM3.00m
7:46PM1.43m
10:07AM2.98m
8:54PM1.54m
Low Tide
4:23PM1.31m
1:28AM0.04m
4:38PM1.25m
2:23AM0.04m
4:59PM1.17m
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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thunderstorm
light rain
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part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
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part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:03
7:03
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
7:19
7:19
7:19
 mm
2
2
2
1
1
4
9
3
1
1
1
1
4
3
1
Temp °C
28
29
28
27
27
26
25
24
25
28
29
27
27
26
25
25
28
29
28
27
27
Feels °C
32
32
31
31
31
30
28
27
28
30
31
30
30
30
29
29
33
33
32
31
31
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