Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 25 Feb 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
24.3° 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 4AM is: 1.9m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Afternoon (26 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Evening (26 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s

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


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Wed
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
2
SSE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
Period(s) (?)767767777777777777888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)68102318318232339349407432379310289287287240247229217257306277239183164
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSW
30
S
35
S
35
SSW
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononononononononcross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:24AM
1.45
5:30PM
0.97
5:36AM
1.51
6:40PM
1.03
6:39AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33PM
0.47
11:31AM
0.31
10:52PM
0.47
12:39PM
0.23
12:04AM
0.42
1:33PM
0.15
Wed
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise----6:39-------6:39-------6:41---
Sunset-------7:36-------7:35-------7:34
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-11-122111111-----112211
Temp. °C222221202222222222212222222222222222212222232324
Feels °C (?)202018162019191919182020202020202021212223242324
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