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Collaroy surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Friday 20 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Collaroy surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Collaroy sea temperature is
23.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Collaroy today?

The current surf forecast for Collaroy at 3PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s
Afternoon (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)6s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)6888666676666998101010109998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)272726262424253243333130243938353433686558583935
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		glassoffglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:52AM
1.49
10:18PM
1.54
10:36AM
1.40
10:59PM
1.57
11:24AM
1.29
11:44PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03PM
0.08
4:32AM
0.12
4:39PM
0.13
5:23AM
0.13
5:19PM
0.21
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------
Sunset---7:07-------7:05-------7:04----
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
Rain (mm)
-31-------1---1-111--11-
Temp. °C212223232222212020232323232222222223232323222221
Feels °C (?)232323232324232122252423242122212223232424232423
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