Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Sunday 08 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 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 8PM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)--
Afternoon (08 Mar)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (08 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)7s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
2.3
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
SE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
ENE
0.5
SSE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
Period(s) (?)7777777777777777877781488
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3715435606285424404404053312952021731381561601561411051059183104116147
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
15
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
1.13
12:37AM
1.35
12:58PM
1.02
1:21AM
1.30
1:52PM
0.93
2:15AM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:08PM
0.38
7:10AM
0.42
6:42PM
0.46
8:08AM
0.48
7:24PM
0.54
9:20AM
0.51
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-
Sunset-7:22-------7:22-------7:21------
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
32211-------------------
Temp. °C222221212121212222222222212020222323232221201924
Feels °C (?)181816171718182020212223212019222323242322211922
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