Cudmirrah Reef surfForecast / NSW – South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
18.8° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cudmirrah Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Cudmirrah Reef at 2PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
S
0.9
NE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)877771010997777116101077999118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21213410684459687818155777344406850484831103220249329163
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
0
N
15
E
15
ENE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
N
15
NW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
20
WSW
10
SSE
5
N
10
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onglassoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:57AM
1.05
5:47PM
1.46
6:39AM
1.13
6:34PM
1.47
7:16AM
1.20
7:15PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:24AM
0.44
12:33AM
0.17
12:16PM
0.38
1:10AM
0.16
1:01PM
0.32
1:42AM
0.17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise5:54-------5:52-------5:50-------
Sunset---5:50-------5:51-------5:51----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C13141717161514131319232018171817161718171411810
Feels °C (?)1213141414121199162017151516141211121412746
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cudmirrah Reef (light winds from the S at UlladullaAws 21 km from Cudmirrah Reef). 1.2m 7s swell from the SSE with a 0.4m 8s swell from the NE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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6 km/h
S
0.0
18.8
Air / Water (°C)
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