Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Monday 13 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
22.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 1PM is: 1.6m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)15s
Afternoon (13 Apr)5ft (1.5m)14s
Evening (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)14s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
3
4
3
3
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
Period(s) (?)15151414141411111110101010101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)126212461059919790653676757798724630490414313267268273225225220207173173173
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSE
10
E
10
ESE
10
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
5
SE
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
onononglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41AM
1.34
5:38PM
1.18
5:30AM
1.39
6:17PM
1.31
6:18AM
1.42
6:55PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
0.25
11:22PM
0.44
12:01PM
0.18
12:13AM
0.33
12:38PM
0.13
1:01AM
0.22
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
Sunrise6:15-------6:16-------6:16-------
Sunset---5:35-------5:34-------5:32----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131719201918161515182020191916161519222020191816
Feels °C (?)91316171716121213171916171814141215191819201814
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