Coalcliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.23° S 151.00° E

Issued: 4 am 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Coalcliff sea temperature is

20.0°C

Coalcliff 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 Coalcliff today (15 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Coalcliff at 7AM is: 1.1m 5s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	6s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Evening (15 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	ENE 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 14	S 14
Wave Graph
kJ	37	56	89	83	71	83	94	175	230	188	182	206	306	272	215	270	340	283	234	161	127	93	55	54	63	232
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ENE	NE	N	WNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	glassy	glassy
High Tide	1:04AM0.92m				12:47PM1.30m					2:01AM0.91m			1:36PM1.25m					3:02AM0.93m				2:30PM1.21m				4:01AM0.99m
Low Tide			6:12AM0.55m				7:54PM0.34m				7:06AM0.59m					8:45PM0.34m				8:13AM0.62m				9:35PM0.33m


	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:38	—	—	—	7:39
mm	2	1	—	—	—	—	1	1	1	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	18	17	17	18	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	14	15	17	18	19	18	17	16	15	15
Feels °C	19	16	15	16	16	16	14	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	14	14	12	14	16	17	17	15	16	16	15	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 6	ENE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 14
kJ	37	56	46	47	51	27	75	74	78	55	55	28	46	48	31	270	340	283	234	161	127	93	55	54	52	232
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	E 12	E 11	E 12	E 12	E 10	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 14	ENE 10
kJ	17	12	22	41	42	33	16	18	7	11	11	24	24	24	23	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	17	63	30
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 12	S 11	S 13	S 14	ENE 8	S 13	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	E 7	S 15	S 15	E 10	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 6	N 11	N 11	S 15	S 15	E 10	NE 11
kJ	6	3	3	3	4	11	3	6	6	6	6	8	5	17	31	16	15	9	7	11	2	2	5	40	29	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 7	S 7	S 7	ESE 5	—	—	—	—	NE 6	ENE 3	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4	ENE 4
kJ	10	46	89	83	71	83	94	175	230	188	182	206	306	272	215	14	—	—	—	—	10	8	16	13	6	6
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	7	5	50	23	23	6	23	60	118	118	60	60	23	60	60	287	98	23	17	17	0	110	245	245	18	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1	1			1	2	2	2				1	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	3	3	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4
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