Coalcliff surf break

Coalcliff surfForecast / NSW – Illawarra / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 23 Dec 2025 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
23.0° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Coalcliff today?

The current surf forecast for Coalcliff at 6PM is: 1.6m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am December 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Dec)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (23 Dec)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (23 Dec)6ft (1.8m)6s

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

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Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
1.5
S
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
S
1.4
S
1
S
0.7
S
1.2
ENE
0.9
NE
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
2.1
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)8875678998755661010109911111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)927254119282302355455290124505631169218787108786487410521625201720031917
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
W
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
10
ESE
5
NNE
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
oncross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
1.50
11:58PM
1.01
11:44AM
1.47
12:42AM
1.03
12:25PM
1.42
1:30AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:00PM
0.17
5:16AM
0.43
6:38PM
0.17
6:02AM
0.46
7:18PM
0.18
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Fri
26
Sunrise5:41-------5:41-------5:41-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:07---
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C222825211919181720262927211918181817171717171616
Feels °C (?)232620171618181618242725191616181715121313131313
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