Cronulla Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.05° S 151.17° E

Cronulla 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cronulla sea temperature is
19.0°C
0.9° 

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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 5AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 29). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (30 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (30 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri morning).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
S
9
0.6
SSE
17
0.7
SSE
16
0.7
SSE
16
0.7
SSE
15
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
15
0.5
S
14
1.4
NE
6
1.9
NE
7
1.2
ENE
7
1.1
NE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
NE
7
0.8
ENE
7
1.3
NE
6
1.6
NE
6
2.1
NE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
139
219
276
263
246
161
155
106
138
325
127
112
90
73
62
101
190
434
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
N
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
20
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
20
NNE
Wind State
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:03PM1.28m
10:19AM1.58m
10:54PM1.17m
11:08AM1.55m
Low Tide
4:02PM0.14m
3:54AM0.24m
4:55PM0.17m
4:38AM0.32m
5:55PM0.22m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
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Temp °C
16
16
14
13
12
18
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19
19
20
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24
27
23
22
24
Feels °C
11
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10
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