Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Sunday 19 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
20.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 10AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)121211121212121212121212121212111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)367732992235212620182236247125522308212419781978185517941609141512161080974997899596502375
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:31AM
1.30
9:41PM
1.72
10:25AM
1.20
10:30PM
1.69
11:25AM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
0.02
3:16PM
0.21
4:23AM
0.03
4:01PM
0.29
5:21AM
0.08
4:51PM
0.37
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise--6:20-------6:20-------6:20-----
Sunset-----5:28-------5:27-------5:25--
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151513151717171716151518181919181717171819191918
Feels °C (?)101110121313131413121315141515141313131414151515
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