Little Makaha 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.74° S 151.33° E

Issued: 3 pm 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Little Makaha sea temperature is

18.6° 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 Jul):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Little Makaha at 12AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (12 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (12 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sat 11				Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 9	SSW 8	SSW 6	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 8	S 11	S 11	S 10
Wave Graph
kJ	189	217	206	195	180	146	114	86	75	52	34	28	16	16	32	14	26	25	24	39	12	11	9	8
Wind (km/h)	N	NE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	WSW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	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-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off
High Tide			5:22PM1.62m				6:08AM1.06m				6:18PM1.71m					7:09AM1.09m				7:12PM1.79m				8:04AM1.13m
Low Tide	10:39AM0.31m				00:15AM0.16m				11:38AM0.29m					1:13AM0.06m			12:36PM0.27m					2:06AM-0.02m


	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:56	—	—
	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	5:02
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	13	12	12	13	12	15	14	12	11	10	10	10	14	17	18	14	13	13	12	12	15
Feels °C	14	12	12	9	8	7	7	5	8	7	6	5	3	3	4	8	12	13	8	8	9	7	7	10
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	SE 8	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	SSW 5	SW 6	SSW 6	SSW 8	SSW 6	SSW 6	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 8	SSW 7	SSW 7	SSW 7
kJ	160	132	206	195	180	146	114	86	75	52	34	11	9	16	32	14	8	25	24	39	12	11	5	5
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 12	ESE 11	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 9	ESE 9	SSW 11	SSW 12	SSW 6	SSW 6	E 8	S 11	S 11	S 11	N 4
kJ	189	217	70	69	45	45	31	18	17	10	6	28	16	15	8	13	26	8	4	1	9	9	9	1
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 16	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	NNE 4	NE 4	NW 5	NE 5	NE 5	SE 8	S 11	ESE 9	S 11	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	E 10	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 10
kJ	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	1	1	1	1	3	3	16	9	7	7	3	3	2	1	1	1	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	NNE 3	N 3	NNW 3	NNW 4	W 4	W 4	W 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	W 4	W 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 4	WNW 3	WNW 3	W 3	WNW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3
kJ	—	—	5	8	9	14	19	27	15	22	22	10	14	15	10	8	4	2	4	4	3	4	6	9
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	1	11	11	1	1	1	0	2	0	16	0	4	111	37	4	172	0	67	171	4	205	274	274	274
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1		1			1
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Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	1	1	1	9	3	2	1	4	4	1	4	5	5	9	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	9	6

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