Little Makaha surf break

Little Makaha surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 AEST
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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
19.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Little Makaha today?

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 3AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 17). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (18 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
S
1.6
SSE
1
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.5
NE
1.1
NE
0.7
S
0.7
S
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
1.2
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)88711611988866101066666667710
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6745346117622725116010272148989489787563511096961634434
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
15
SSW
5
S
5
SE
10
E
15
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
N
15
NE
15
NE
10
S
5
N
20
N
25
NW
25
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:54PM
1.46
5:53AM
1.07
5:48PM
1.49
6:36AM
1.16
6:34PM
1.50
7:12AM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
0.21
11:24AM
0.42
12:31AM
0.18
12:15PM
0.35
1:07AM
0.15
1:00PM
0.30
Wed
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise----5:50-------5:48-------5:48---
Sunset-------5:46-------5:47-------5:49
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C191614141416171716161412131821191915161617192019
Feels °C (?)1611891115161413131310111417171914131212141411
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Little Makaha (light winds from the WSW at Cromer wx 6 km from Little Makaha). 1.3m 6s windswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 8s swell from the NE and a 0.3m 11s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 53 min ago

6 km/h
WSW
Clean
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