Cronulla Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.05° S 151.17° E

Cronulla 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 12 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Cronulla sea temperature is
20.1°C
0.6° 

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 (12 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 8PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Nov)--
Afternoon (12 Nov)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (12 Nov)3ft (0.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Warm (max 27°C on Sat morning, min 18°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Thu
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.2
SSE
6
1
SE
7
0.9
SE
7
0.8
SE
7
0.8
SE
5
0.8
SE
5
0.8
SE
5
0.8
ESE
5
0.9
ENE
4
1.2
ENE
5
1.3
ENE
6
1.6
NE
6
1.1
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
0.6
ENE
7
0.7
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
84
107
91
77
40
31
31
34
24
61
100
206
102
99
102
84
79
96
66
53
34
44
Wind (km/h)
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
5
NW
10
N
20
NE
30
ENE
30
NE
20
NNE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
W
15
NW
5
NNW
10
ENE
5
ESE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
off
glassy
cross
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
11:23PM1.01m
11:13AM1.47m
00:08AM0.98m
11:56AM1.41m
00:59AM0.95m
Low Tide
5:26PM0.23m
4:41AM0.47m
6:10PM0.28m
5:21AM0.52m
6:57PM0.32m
clear
clear
clear
clear
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
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Temp °C
19
19
18
18
18
18
19
21
22
21
21
20
20
20
20
27
27
25
20
19
19
19
Feels °C
17
18
17
18
19
20
20
20
20
19
21
21
22
21
19
27
27
27
19
19
19
19
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