Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

Little Makaha surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Monday 29 Dec 2025 AEDT

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 21.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Little Makaha today?

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 2AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm December 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Dec)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Afternoon (30 Dec)	4ft (1.2m)	8s
Evening (30 Dec)	3ft (0.9m)	10s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

	Mon 29		Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	2	4	4	4	3	1	3	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	8	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	146	167	163	167	201	222	230	196	175	148	302	241	876	1099	1266	1344	1354	1201	1192	1338	1000	878	1444	605
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	SW	W	W	ESE	E	ENE	NE	NE	N	NW	NW	E	E	E	ESE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:05AM 1.45				5:24PM 1.08				6:01AM 1.57				6:36PM 1.07				6:55AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		10:19PM 0.26					11:40AM 0.35				11:17PM 0.27				12:46PM 0.22				12:14AM 0.28				1:46PM 0.11

	Mon 29		Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-
Sunset	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	14	15	19	19	20	19	18	17	16	18	21	22	21	20	20	19	19	20	20	20	20
Feels °C (?)	15	16	16	13	14	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	18	20	19	18	18	19	18	18	18	17	17	16

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