Little Makaha Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.33° E

Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 04 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is
17.7° C
0.3° 

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 (04 Aug):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Aug, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 5s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 6AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (04 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (04 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

Tuesday
4
Wednesday
5
Thursday
6
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)
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.6
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SE
10
0.4
SSW
5
0.4
SSW
5
0.3
SSW
5
0.2
E
13
0.2
E
11
0.3
E
11
0.3
E
10
0.3
E
10
0.4
E
10
0.3
E
9
0.4
E
9
0.3
E
9
0.3
S
12
0.4
S
9
0.6
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.8
S
8
0.9
S
8
0.9
S
8
0.6
S
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
68
27
25
25
11
9
5
14
10
20
18
18
28
15
26
15
24
28
51
68
82
94
93
37
Wind (km/h)
10
W
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
W
5
S
0
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
15
W
20
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
20
SW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
5
NW
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
on
cross-on
High Tide
11:11PM1.32m
12:02PM1.30m
00:00AM1.21m
12:53PM1.34m
00:59AM1.10m
1:52PM1.38m
Low Tide
5:36AM0.20m
6:06PM0.42m
6:18AM0.26m
7:12PM0.44m
7:07AM0.32m
8:30PM0.42m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
6:43
6:43
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:15
5:16
5:17
 mm
Temp °C
14
12
10
12
16
17
15
13
10
10
9
12
16
18
15
13
11
10
9
12
15
15
14
13
Feels °C
11
9
6
9
13
15
11
9
6
5
4
6
12
14
9
8
7
6
5
8
12
11
10
11
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