Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 23 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
23.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 4AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (24 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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


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Mon
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
4
4
4
4
4
2
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.3
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
Period(s) (?)777777888999999101012131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11010712689941121371671762272382832893333523834731002154418361806158413201248
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
W
5
NNE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
10
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
N
20
NE
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
1.55
1:27PM
1.06
1:41AM
1.49
2:44PM
0.98
2:52AM
1.45
4:11PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
0.31
7:27AM
0.23
7:01PM
0.41
8:42AM
0.28
8:07PM
0.49
10:03AM
0.29
Mon
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise----7:00-------7:01-------7:01---
Sunset-------7:01-------7:00-------6:59
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
1----------------------1
Temp. °C222222212022232322222020192223232221212020232623
Feels °C (?)222222222124232221222120192323222322222120232422
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