Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 08 Sep 2025 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
18.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 11AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Evening (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
1.4
SSE
1.5
SE
1.3
SSE
0.9
SE
0.4
SSE
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)777888888881088109566614131211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)16913412710010110210110410388866897955689164184173136149239235172
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
WNW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
20
NW
20
NW
10
W
25
S
20
SE
25
ESE
20
E
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.39
8:35PM
1.63
9:09AM
1.47
9:19PM
1.56
9:50AM
1.53
10:06PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21PM
0.17
2:58AM
0.01
3:10PM
0.14
3:35AM
0.05
4:00PM
0.14
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
Sunrise6:05-------6:03-------6:03-------
Sunset---5:40-------5:42-------5:42----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------1782-1---
Temp. °C162227272521201918212222191817161616171817141212
Feels °C (?)121822222118181615202019161713131314161513765
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Cronulla (light winds from the NNW at Cronulla 1 km from Cronulla). 0.8m 7s swell from the NE with a 0.6m 11s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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NNW
Offshore
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