Coalcliff surf break

Coalcliff surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Monday 30 Mar 2026 AEDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Coalcliff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Coalcliff sea temperature is
23.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Coalcliff today?

The current surf forecast for Coalcliff at 2PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (30 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1
ENE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)999999888816161413161616161514141255
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)455398346300238216158132109841811749887831291251741579791735662
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
N
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
20
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
1.43
8:04PM
1.24
8:05AM
1.42
8:40PM
1.32
8:46AM
1.39
9:14PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:54PM
0.14
1:55AM
0.30
2:29PM
0.13
2:40AM
0.25
3:01PM
0.15
3:21AM
0.22
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------
Sunset---6:53-------6:52-------6:52----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C172021211918171616212322201918171722252321201918
Feels °C (?)172019191818171616202020181918171721232120201918
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Coalcliff surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest