Coalcliff surf break

Coalcliff surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 28 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: 5.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 5.0m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)21ft (6.5m)13s
Afternoon (28 Mar)18ft (5.5m)13s
Evening (28 Mar)16ft (5.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
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!
!
!
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2
2
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
7
S
6
S
5.5
S
5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4
SSE
4
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)131313121212121111111010101010999998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1585212938103147823679858984749376232132202175114401163874674517445368318252201171129107
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
5
N
10
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:26AM
1.40
6:35PM
1.06
6:28AM
1.42
7:23PM
1.15
7:20AM
1.43
8:04PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:26PM
0.21
12:07AM
0.44
1:14PM
0.16
1:06AM
0.37
1:54PM
0.14
1:55AM
0.30
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise7:03-------7:05-------7:05-------
Sunset---6:57-------6:55-------6:53----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141720201816151515192020181816161620222119181717
Feels °C (?)81114151513121213161717161715161620211918181717
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