Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 2PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
0
0
0
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.5
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
3
S
3
S
2.3
S
3
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)10109988898888579101011111112121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1832201681259168665544323130115578919173718081185182615773106348932993122
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNE
20
NE
10
N
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
5
NW
10
SSW
40
SSE
30
S
25
SSW
25
SW
15
SW
10
SW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:04AM
1.44
7:34PM
1.56
7:52AM
1.42
8:14PM
1.65
8:40AM
1.37
8:56PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:15PM
0.10
1:49AM
0.12
1:54PM
0.11
2:38AM
0.05
2:34PM
0.14
3:29AM
0.02
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---5:31-------5:30-------5:29----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------12----------
Temp. °C151923232120181717222625181616141316161717161514
Feels °C (?)131721202018141413182422121012991310111111109
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