Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 25 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
24.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 1PM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (25 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
4
4
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
1.9
E
1.7
E
1.5
E
1.3
ESE
2
SW
3.5
S
5
S
5.5
S
6.5
S
6.5
S
Period(s) (?)9991010101212121212121212121111118911131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2892893403834635551052121413561313127713671369121596370854341552723305905103441535013786
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
NW
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NE
15
SSW
15
WSW
15
W
25
WSW
15
WSW
35
W
25
WSW
45
W
50
SW
50
SW
45
SW
35
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
0.98
2:52AM
1.45
4:11PM
0.96
4:10AM
1.43
5:29PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:42AM
0.28
8:07PM
0.49
10:03AM
0.29
9:28PM
0.53
11:18AM
0.26
10:50PM
0.51
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset---7:00-------6:59-------6:58----
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
light rain
rain showers
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------1733-114181---
Temp. °C202224232322222020252723201917151214151416151413
Feels °C (?)2123232223232421192426232018121158646666
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