Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.33° E

Issued: 10 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is

20.5°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 (03 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 6s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 6AM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	6s
Afternoon (03 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Evening (03 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 20mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NE on Wed night, fresh winds from the S by Thu afternoon).
	Mon 2		Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	ENE 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	56	90	92	95	70	61	53	70	170	160	187	191	143	99	102	99	77	45	40	37
Wind (km/h)	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	ENE	E	ESE	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	SE	ESE	NE	N	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				4:30AM1.10m				4:16PM1.36m					5:27AM1.20m				5:20PM1.32m
Low Tide		10:07PM0.20m				10:03AM0.51m					11:03PM0.20m				11:16AM0.45m				11:50PM0.20m


	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	7:24
mm	1	—	1	—	—	—	1	13	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	19	19	18	19	21	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	20	19	18	19	17
Feels °C	17	18	19	18	20	21	19	17	18	16	15	15	15	18	19	19	20	18	16	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 8	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7	E 7	E 6	E 7
kJ	40	39	38	24	70	61	53	12	115	160	187	191	143	99	102	99	77	45	40	33
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	S 14	S 9	S 8	S 8	S 15	S 8	S 8	S 8	SE 13	SE 13	S 9	S 6	S 6	S 6	ENE 7	ENE 7	ENE 7
kJ	—	—	—	4	14	10	12	17	5	5	5	7	6	2	52	31	23	41	34	37
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	S 14	E 10	S 9	S 16	E 10	S 14	S 13	S 12	S 11	SE 13	S 14	S 9	S 13	S 12	S 6	S 5	N 8
kJ	—	—	—	4	2	2	5	2	15	13	11	2	6	4	2	3	3	15	9	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	—	SSW 4	SSW 6	S 6	SSW 6	—	—	—	—	SW 4
kJ	56	90	92	95	—	—	—	70	170	—	—	31	130	96	69	—	—	—	—	12
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	175	23	1	1	0	45	112	67	0	0	0	1	0	2	85	38	11	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)			1	1	1				2	1	2	2	1	1			1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	4	4	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5

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