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Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 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
22.3° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 11PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)--
Afternoon (07 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (07 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.9
ENE
1.4
NE
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
2.1
NE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.5
NE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)994566665567777888889988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24253436444134345110615722740845245219326439363413741047987330267
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NE
25
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
35
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNW
20
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:56AM
1.60
12:52AM
1.18
12:41PM
1.45
1:41AM
1.19
1:28PM
1.29
2:32AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:41PM
0.10
6:27AM
0.42
7:22PM
0.19
7:25AM
0.49
8:02PM
0.27
8:29AM
0.54
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise------5:52-------5:52-------5:54-
Sunset--8:09-------8:09-------8:09-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262624232222222729272423222122242727242423242837
Feels °C (?)242322222121202426232021212021222424202423232533
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