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Little Makaha surf break

Little Makaha surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 20 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
22.7° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Little Makaha today?

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 2AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
4
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.8
SE
1.5
ESE
2.4
SE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
1.9
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)11111111111111111111111111111111118889999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7431011104910308878717929619619438628627857137575331363673698513665601544484
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
5
E
5
N
0
N
0
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41PM
1.12
10:34AM
1.60
11:20PM
1.17
11:12AM
1.55
12:01AM
1.21
11:52AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
0.33
5:17PM
0.10
4:53AM
0.35
5:51PM
0.11
5:40AM
0.38
Tue
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise----6:03-------6:05-------6:05---
Sunset8:06-------8:06-------8:05-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019181921222120201919202221191919181819192020
Feels °C (?)201918171820201919201920212017131415141515161717
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