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Cudmirrah Reef surfForecast / NSW – South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Cudmirrah Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cudmirrah Reef sea temperature is
20.8° C
 (Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cudmirrah Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Cudmirrah Reef at 9PM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)--
Afternoon (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
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
2
2
4
3
3
2
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.7
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.4
ESE
2.2
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111111111111111111111111188999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1762546989081034925823823808976991885885802724724638627469596772613487395
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SSW
20
S
15
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47PM
1.09
10:37AM
1.55
11:25PM
1.14
11:15AM
1.50
12:05AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:13AM
0.36
5:21PM
0.11
4:57AM
0.37
5:55PM
0.12
5:44AM
0.39
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise------6:03-------6:05-------6:05-
Sunset--8:13-------8:12-------8:12-----
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C222119181816172122211917161718171719181817151619
Feels °C (?)201918181816172020191917161717151514131313121416
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