Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 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
22.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 9PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)--
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
SE
2.2
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.2
SSE
1.9
S
2.5
SSE
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111888991010101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)759904921943862862785757112114118035854931039619593739653551461409352344294
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
20
E
10
E
5
ENE
10
NNE
0
WNW
15
SSW
25
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
20
E
20
E
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
5
NW
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
1.18
11:17AM
1.56
12:06AM
1.23
11:58AM
1.48
12:50AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
0.10
4:59AM
0.35
5:57PM
0.11
5:46AM
0.38
6:33PM
0.14
6:39AM
0.41
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise------6:05-------6:05-------6:07-
Sunset--8:07-------8:07-------8:06-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222121202019202019191919181819192020191919171821
Feels °C (?)201820201920191612131313141516171717161718161820
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