Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 13 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
23.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 4AM is: 2.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (14 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


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Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)9910101010999888999201817161515141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1198961861832653551380287237190144113998478232451376341312275200179163
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
N
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NE
15
NE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:45PM
0.91
5:38AM
1.31
6:37PM
0.99
6:29AM
1.39
7:19PM
1.08
7:13AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:58PM
0.58
12:37PM
0.37
12:00AM
0.52
1:17PM
0.28
12:51AM
0.44
1:52PM
0.20
Fri
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:54---
Sunset-------7:15-------7:14-------7:13
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020202020212020201817162022222121201818212223
Feels °C (?)131516171818191717191716151818181820211818222121
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