Little Makaha Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.33° E

Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is
17.9°C
0.1° 

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 (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 2PM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 29°C on Sat morning, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SW on Sun morning, calm by Mon morning).

Saturday
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
5
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
9
0.7
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
S
10
1.1
SSW
7
1
SSW
7
1.3
SSW
8
2
S
10
3
S
11
3
S
10
2.3
S
10
1.9
S
9
1.7
S
9
1.6
S
9
1.5
S
9
1.4
S
9
1.6
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
123
85
80
62
65
45
44
45
28
105
111
196
740
1736
1838
958
562
421
395
364
311
402
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
15
N
20
NNW
25
W
30
NNW
15
NW
20
WSW
30
W
20
WSW
30
SW
15
SSW
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
0
WNW
15
ESE
20
E
20
SE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
High Tide
2:40PM1.43m
3:45AM0.95m
3:54PM1.48m
4:59AM1.01m
5:00PM1.55m
Low Tide
7:48AM0.46m
9:47PM0.31m
9:08AM0.47m
10:57PM0.23m
10:24AM0.42m
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:07
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:38
5:39
 mm
3
Temp °C
17
23
29
29
23
22
20
17
14
17
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
16
17
16
16
15
Feels °C
14
19
24
23
18
19
16
10
9
10
15
13
13
13
13
12
11
15
14
12
12
11
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