Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.33° E

Issued: 10 pm 11 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is

19.6°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 (12 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 9s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 4s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 6s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 1AM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Oct)	1ft (0.3m)	9s
Afternoon (12 Oct)	2.5ft (0.7m)	4s
Evening (12 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 30°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Sun night, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).
	Sun 11		Monday 12								Tuesday 13
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SE 6	SE 6	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	E 9	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	S 6	S 6	SSE 6	NE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	25	16	18	10	21	15	13	37	89	85	80	69	73	72	91	94	85	18
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	WNW	NW	NW	N	ENE	ENE	NW	SSW	W	NNW	SSW	SSW	S	SE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	cross-on	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide		9:33PM1.28m				9:45AM1.54m				10:12PM1.20m				10:19AM1.53m				10:52PM1.11m
Low Tide				3:25AM0.23m				4:14PM0.16m				3:57AM0.30m				4:56PM0.20m


	—	—	—	6:18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:16	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:05	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—	—	3	—	1	—
Temp °C	20	20	20	20	21	29	30	27	25	25	20	19	18	19	18	19	19	16
Feels °C	19	20	21	19	19	26	28	26	25	23	19	20	17	17	18	19	17	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SE 6	ENE 4	NE 5	NE 5	NE 6	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7	NE 7	ENE 8	NE 8	S 6	NE 7	NE 7
kJ	25	16	12	10	21	15	11	10	9	85	80	69	73	72	60	94	27	18
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 7	SSW 6	SE 6	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	E 9	E 8	E 8	S 15	S 4	SW 3	S 4	S 6	S 16	NE 7	ENE 9	ENE 9
kJ	14	11	18	7	7	4	13	12	6	4	6	3	2	24	5	34	17	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 9	NE 6	SSW 6	NE 6	E 9	E 9	SSE 5	S 6	S 15	—	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	SE 7	S 16	ENE 9	E 16	S 15
kJ	14	6	7	6	14	13	2	1	4	—	6	5	5	2	5	16	5	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 4	ENE 4	—	—	—	—	NE 3	NE 5	NE 6	S 8	—	SW 3	—	S 6	S 6	—	SSE 6	SSE 5
kJ	15	11	—	—	—	—	12	37	89	29	—	6	—	68	91	—	85	113
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	30	4	45	72	4	18	106	55	0	0	0	1	5	5	0	5	12	184
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Rating (10 max)		1			1				2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	8	4	7	6	6	5	5	1	5	5	4	4	4	5	1	2	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	8	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4

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