Coalcliff surf break

Coalcliff surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 AEDT
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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
23.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Coalcliff today?

The current surf forecast for Coalcliff at 9PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)--
Afternoon (17 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (17 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.6
NE
1.2
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.1
SSE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)656666666910101069999999555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70107145164184116805978415965778571686852513941342929
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
0
NNE
10
NE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:47PM
1.18
9:46AM
1.57
10:23PM
1.25
10:24AM
1.55
11:00PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:27AM
0.26
4:20PM
0.06
4:09AM
0.23
4:53PM
0.06
4:53AM
0.23
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------6:31-------6:33-------6:33-
Sunset-7:46-------7:45-------7:45------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------------1----
Temp. °C262422222021233225232121212121242624232222222224
Feels °C (?)242020222021223125232222222424252625242323232324
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