Cronulla Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.05° S 151.17° E

Cronulla 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cronulla sea temperature is
17.5°C
0.6° 

Cronulla surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Cronulla today (26 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 5s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 12AM is: 2.1m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (26 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Evening (26 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)5s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Fri night, strong winds from the SSE by Sun morning).

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
NE
7
2.1
NE
7
1.9
NE
7
1.2
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
1.1
ENE
7
0.9
ENE
7
1.7
S
6
1.9
SSE
7
1.8
S
7
1.6
S
8
1.4
S
7
2.2
SSE
7
2.3
SSE
8
2.2
SSE
8
2
SSE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
408
416
386
142
108
88
88
127
93
183
322
329
287
215
487
705
665
547
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NE
15
SSE
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
SW
45
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
7:14PM1.48m
7:45AM1.40m
7:53PM1.47m
8:20AM1.48m
8:33PM1.44m
Low Tide
1:35AM0.13m
1:46PM0.22m
2:07AM0.12m
2:29PM0.17m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
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Temp °C
22
23
22
21
21
26
29
21
16
15
14
14
13
13
13
14
15
15
Feels °C
20
21
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19
19
24
25
19
10
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4
7
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10
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