Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 16 Oct 2025 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 9AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Oct)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (16 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (16 Oct)6ft (1.9m)7s

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

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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
4
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
1.1
NE
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.4
NE
1.9
NE
2.5
NE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.9
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.6
S
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)1067788788888886779998877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31875610514222937283436026721215811711722238444463161242125615012652
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
NW
5
WNW
10
NNE
25
ENE
30
NE
25
NE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
35
WNW
45
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
0
E
10
E
20
E
25
ESE
20
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:48AM
1.09
5:37PM
1.38
6:35AM
1.18
6:29PM
1.37
7:13AM
1.27
7:14PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.25
11:20AM
0.51
12:19AM
0.24
12:20PM
0.44
12:58AM
0.23
1:09PM
0.37
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise--6:13-------6:11-------6:11-----
Sunset-----7:07-------7:08-------7:09--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717212223212021212331321818171617171818171717
Feels °C (?)191817201920191918172027251112121214171614131414
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cronulla (calm at Cronulla 1 km from Cronulla). 0.9m 6s windswell from the NE with a 0.4m 8s swell from the S and a 0.2m 9s swell from the ENE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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