Little Makaha Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.33° E

Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is
18.2°C
0.2° 

Little Makaha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Little Makaha today (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 7AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (08 Sep)6ft (1.9m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the E on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the S by Wed afternoon).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
3
4
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
8
3
S
9
3
S
9
2.5
S
9
2.2
SSE
8
2
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
1.8
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.2
S
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
8
1.8
S
8
3
S
8
3.5
S
9
4
S
10
4
S
10
3.5
S
10
3
S
9
3
S
9
3
S
10
3
S
11
3
S
11
3
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1237
1444
1487
1010
645
536
494
477
417
201
165
133
412
996
1616
2823
2920
2274
1776
1464
1714
1897
1873
1664
Wind (km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
20
SSW
35
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:57AM1.10m
5:56PM1.61m
6:45AM1.20m
6:46PM1.64m
7:28AM1.29m
7:32PM1.63m
Low Tide
11:54PM0.15m
11:28AM0.35m
00:41AM0.08m
12:24PM0.28m
1:23AM0.04m
1:14PM0.21m
rain showers
light rain
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part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
cloud
cloud
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clear
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:03
6:03
6:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:40
5:42
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
15
14
15
15
16
15
14
14
12
11
10
16
15
14
15
15
13
11
10
12
14
15
15
14
Feels °C
8
7
9
9
11
12
12
12
10
8
7
11
8
6
6
7
5
4
4
6
7
9
10
10
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