Cronulla Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.05° S 151.17° E

Cronulla 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 26 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cronulla sea temperature is
17.9°C
0.2° 

Cronulla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cronulla today (27 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Sep, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 1AM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Sep)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (27 Sep)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (27 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the S on Sat night, calm by Mon night).

Sat
26
Sunday
27
Monday
28
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
ENE
7
1.9
S
6
2
S
7
2
S
7
1.7
S
7
1.5
S
8
2.1
SSE
7
2.1
SSE
8
2
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
1.8
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.2
SSE
8
1.1
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
142
233
371
427
315
253
469
507
521
488
422
381
240
270
223
188
194
193
Wind (km/h)
45
S
45
S
30
S
35
S
20
SSW
40
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
NE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
7:53PM1.47m
8:20AM1.48m
8:33PM1.44m
8:56AM1.54m
9:16PM1.37m
Low Tide
2:07AM0.12m
2:29PM0.17m
2:40AM0.13m
3:14PM0.14m
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
17
14
14
14
15
13
13
14
14
15
14
14
14
14
15
15
14
14
Feels °C
10
7
8
8
11
6
7
10
9
10
9
9
9
10
11
12
11
12
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