Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.33° E

Issued: 10 pm 15 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is

21.1°C

Little Makaha surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Little Makaha today (16 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 2AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 15). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	6s
Evening (16 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 16°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Mon afternoon, calm by Wed morning).
	Sun 15		Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed 18
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 11	SSE 6	SSE 6	E 9	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 7	S 7	S 13
Wave Graph
kJ	75	75	82	134	135	43	217	315	287	187	247	279	230	187	153	127	90	86	51	88
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SE	ESE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	N
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	glassy	glassy
High Tide			1:51AM0.93m				1:26PM1.28m					2:54AM0.96m				2:22PM1.23m				3:52AM1.03m
Low Tide	7:42PM0.35m				6:56AM0.61m					8:33PM0.36m				8:04AM0.64m				9:23PM0.34m


	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:36	—	—	—	7:37
mm	—	—	1	—	1	2	1	1	1	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	19	18	17	18	17	16
Feels °C	15	15	15	14	14	12	11	12	14	15	14	15	16	16	16	15	14	17	17	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	E 10	E 11	E 11	E 11	E 9	E 10	E 10	E 10	S 8	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	S 8	SSE 7	S 7	SSE 7
kJ	75	75	82	82	55	43	48	48	48	187	247	279	230	187	153	127	90	86	51	52
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 7	NE 7	NE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	ESE 5	ESE 5	E 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	ENE 4	E 10
kJ	13	8	8	11	11	23	23	23	10	20	14	31	13	13	13	31	31	30	5	46
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 14	S 18	S 18	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 17	S 15	S 14	E 10	E 10	NE 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	N 11	S 16	ENE 6	E 10	S 13
kJ	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	18	16	48	51	7	31	31	31	2	5	4	29	88
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	—	—	ESE 5	—	ESE 5	—	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	—	E 4
kJ	110	117	126	134	135	122	217	315	287	—	—	14	—	5	—	8	30	—	—	1
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	189	56	9	56	56	56	159	274	56	0	0	0	0	5	35	341	36	17	0	0
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Rating (10 max)			1							2	2	2	2	2					1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	1	1	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	8	9	6	6	9	9	7	9	8	6	9	8	5

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