Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Tuesday 31 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
23.7° 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 8AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (31 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)16s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.4
S
1.1
NE
0.4
S
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)88888161613121216161514512511666775
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1621321149373831248347458582743734466039302234706633
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
N
20
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59AM
1.48
8:32PM
1.37
8:40AM
1.44
9:06PM
1.44
9:19AM
1.39
9:38PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
0.30
2:22PM
0.15
2:33AM
0.24
2:54PM
0.16
3:15AM
0.21
3:24PM
0.20
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise--7:05-------7:05-------7:07-----
Sunset-----6:52-------6:51-------6:50--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191717192121212119181821232321211919182123232121
Feels °C (?)181616191918182019181821212119212020182121212021
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