Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 15 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
23.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 1PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Afternoon (15 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)18s

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


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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1.3
ENE
1.4
NE
1.8
NE
1.7
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.7
ENE
1
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)999201817161515141313667777777566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9910178232451376427308275200171121116167299261998173643843136145
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
N
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NE
15
S
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
1.39
7:19PM
1.08
7:13AM
1.47
7:56PM
1.19
7:54AM
1.53
8:32PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17PM
0.28
12:51AM
0.44
1:52PM
0.20
1:37AM
0.35
2:26PM
0.13
2:21AM
0.26
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset---7:14-------7:13-------7:10----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------253
Temp. °C172123232221201919222424232222212225302423222121
Feels °C (?)161919191920201919222221212122212224302321201919
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