Coalcliff surf break

Coalcliff surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 27 Mar 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
23.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Coalcliff today?

The current surf forecast for Coalcliff at 7PM is: 4.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (27 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)15ft (4.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
0
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0
0
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1
2
2
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.4
ESE
3
SSW
4.5
SSW
6.5
S
6.5
S
6.5
S
6
S
6.5
S
5.5
S
5
S
5
S
4.5
S
4
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
S
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)1111117101414131313131212121211111111101010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70862947883740661627215337146541274313796102627369648256474426429928272726194215261096892701517
Wind
(km/h)
25
W
20
W
35
W
40
WSW
35
WSW
40
SW
40
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
0.97
5:26AM
1.40
6:35PM
1.06
6:28AM
1.42
7:23PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
0.25
10:56PM
0.50
12:26PM
0.21
12:07AM
0.44
1:14PM
0.16
1:06AM
0.37
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise7:03-------7:03-------7:05-------
Sunset---6:58-------6:57-------6:55----
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11272-------------------
Temp. °C121314141515161414172020181715151519202018181616
Feels °C (?)787786888111415141412121216171717171516
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