Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am 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
21.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 9AM is: 1.2m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (15 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (15 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
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
0.6
SSW
1.6
S
2
S
Period(s) (?)9101010101099991010998889888868
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2412682682682682672071681361361831831681279169685545323147160509
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
E
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
WSW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNE
20
NE
10
N
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
25
WSW
30
SSW
15
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18AM
1.42
6:55PM
1.44
7:04AM
1.44
7:34PM
1.56
7:52AM
1.42
8:14PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
0.33
12:38PM
0.13
1:01AM
0.22
1:15PM
0.10
1:49AM
0.12
1:54PM
0.11
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise--6:16-------6:18-------6:18-----
Sunset-----5:32-------5:31-------5:30--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161515192219191817151419232321201917172126272017
Feels °C (?)141212162116181917131117212020181614131723211413
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