Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
23.7° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 5PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)888161613121216161514555666675555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11493738312483474585827437345562403023347536445338
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
N
15
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
15
N
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
N
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
1.48
8:32PM
1.37
8:40AM
1.44
9:06PM
1.44
9:19AM
1.39
9:38PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22PM
0.15
2:33AM
0.24
2:54PM
0.16
3:15AM
0.21
3:24PM
0.20
3:55AM
0.19
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------
Sunset---6:52-------6:51-------6:50----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172021222121191818212322212119191821232321212019
Feels °C (?)162019191819191818202119192119201821222119202120
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