Little Makaha surf break

Little Makaha surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 02 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Little Makaha today?

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 4AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (03 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (03 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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

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Fri
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
S
1
SE
1
SE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.6
NE
1.5
NE
1.3
NE
1.2
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)10108988888566666666666668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12015486162132116839174133143119965149531151061137462494258
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NE
20
ENE
15
NNE
20
ENE
10
ESE
5
NW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
5
SE
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffcrossglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
1.11
8:39AM
1.82
9:31PM
1.12
9:29AM
1.83
10:22PM
1.14
10:17AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
0.26
3:33PM
-0.04
2:56AM
0.25
4:22PM
-0.05
3:46AM
0.26
Fri
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Sunrise----5:48-------5:48-------5:50---
Sunset8:07-------8:07-------8:07-------
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
Rain (mm)
--------21-----14------6
Temp. °C202019192020202020202019192324242121201920232322
Feels °C (?)191917181918171718212020202323252022222122252620
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