Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Cronulla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cronulla sea temperature is
24.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 2AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 26). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (27 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (27 Mar)11ft (3.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
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0
0
0
7
6
5
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
3.5
S
7
S
7
SSW
7
S
6.5
S
6
S
5.5
S
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
Period(s) (?)121212111111111110141413131313131212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134412159467336295554943662340186841722415590150491313610779648354145698507643513456223321011714
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
SW
25
WSW
20
W
25
WSW
30
W
35
W
45
W
55
WSW
45
WSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
S
40
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:10AM
1.43
5:29PM
1.01
5:22AM
1.45
6:29PM
1.10
6:23AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:28PM
0.53
11:18AM
0.26
10:50PM
0.51
12:18PM
0.21
12:01AM
0.45
1:07PM
0.17
Thu
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise----7:03-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------6:58-------6:55-------6:54
light rain
cloud
rain showers
clear
light rain
rain showers
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
5-1-11-72---------------
Temp. °C202018161315151316161715151719191919171616181919
Feels °C (?)191914128875569781012111214131212141516
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