Cronulla Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.05° S 151.17° E

Cronulla 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cronulla sea temperature is
19.7°C
1.4° 

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 (11 Oct):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 9PM is: 0.6m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Oct)--
Afternoon (11 Oct)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (11 Oct)2ft (0.6m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, strong winds from the S by Tue night).

Sun
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.6
SSE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.4
SE
9
0.5
NE
6
0.5
NE
6
0.5
NE
6
1.1
NE
5
0.9
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
7
0.7
NE
7
0.7
NE
8
0.9
SSE
6
1.2
SSE
6
1.4
SSE
6
1.9
SSE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
28
38
27
19
17
19
15
16
16
58
53
69
54
61
56
60
62
100
132
280
Wind (km/h)
20
E
25
ENE
15
NNE
0
NNW
5
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NE
10
NE
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
ESE
20
S
25
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
35
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:39PM1.30m
9:51AM1.55m
10:18PM1.22m
10:25AM1.54m
10:59PM1.13m
Low Tide
3:38PM0.15m
3:31AM0.24m
4:19PM0.17m
4:03AM0.30m
5:01PM0.20m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
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6:16
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1
2
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2
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Temp °C
21
21
20
19
19
19
21
28
30
29
27
26
20
18
17
18
18
18
17
15
Feels °C
19
18
19
21
20
17
18
25
26
28
25
26
20
17
14
17
16
15
13
9
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