Little Makaha surf break

Little Makaha surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Little Makaha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is
22.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Little Makaha today?

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 1AM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (22 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (22 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
2
1
2
3
3
4
3
3
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.1
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SSE
1.8
SE
2
S
2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111111111111118119910101010109999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96194386286278571310481456800716595623900890900711539451391391337287232227
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNW
5
WSW
25
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20PM
1.17
11:12AM
1.55
12:01AM
1.21
11:52AM
1.46
12:45AM
1.25
12:36PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:17PM
0.10
4:53AM
0.35
5:51PM
0.11
5:40AM
0.38
6:27PM
0.13
6:33AM
0.41
Wed
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise----6:05-------6:05-------6:07---
Sunset8:06-------8:05-------8:05-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181922202019191918192020202020191818212323
Feels °C (?)192018181920151414141615161817171719191819202121
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