Cronulla surf break

Cronulla surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Sunday 22 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
23.2° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cronulla today?

The current surf forecast for Cronulla at 1PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
ESE
1.2
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1110101099966677776677888999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3532696660575535109158128127127103848472103127167176232283289
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:30AM
1.31
11:49PM
1.58
12:24PM
1.18
12:40AM
1.55
1:27PM
1.06
1:41AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
0.13
5:25PM
0.22
6:24AM
0.17
6:09PM
0.31
7:27AM
0.23
7:01PM
0.41
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise6:58-------7:00-------7:00-------
Sunset---7:05-------7:02-------7:01----
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-1-------1-------1------
Temp. °C222323232322222222232323232222212122232322222120
Feels °C (?)232323232423232424242323232223232324232220222321
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