Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 15 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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 6AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


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Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
4
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
1.6
S
2.1
S
3
S
3
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)99991010998889888868101010111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2071681731731832201681259268665544323119163504173019241076101010682177
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
E
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNE
20
NE
10
N
10
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
20
SW
35
S
25
S
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55PM
1.44
7:04AM
1.44
7:34PM
1.56
7:52AM
1.42
8:14PM
1.65
8:40AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:01AM
0.22
1:15PM
0.10
1:49AM
0.12
1:54PM
0.11
2:38AM
0.05
2:34PM
0.14
Wed
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:18-------6:18-------6:18---
Sunset-------5:31-------5:30-------5:29
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------11------
Temp. °C201918161519232321201817172227261917161513161717
Feels °C (?)19191815131720202018141413192421131312119131211
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