Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Saturday 21 Feb 2026 AEDT
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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
23.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 6PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
NE
0.7
NE
1.1
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
NE
1.5
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)666888999665678888886777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45353621212123373719405916115823857250729213598252255173135
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
S
20
SE
25
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
0
W
5
N
15
NE
25
NE
10
NW
10
SE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
SW
5
N
10
WNW
45
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoffoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41AM
1.42
12:17AM
1.43
12:28PM
1.29
1:05AM
1.44
1:25PM
1.15
2:02AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
0.25
5:56PM
0.16
6:29AM
0.29
6:37PM
0.24
7:30AM
0.33
7:23PM
0.33
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise6:35-------6:35-------6:35-------
Sunset---7:42-------7:40-------7:39----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------351--1-1-----
Temp. °C222626252322222222262824232324232324222121202020
Feels °C (?)252926242524242524272726262426252627171718181819
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