Malabar surf break

Malabar surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Friday 23 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Malabar surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Malabar sea temperature is
22.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Malabar today?

The current surf forecast for Malabar at 5AM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm January 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (24 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)99999999991010111111111114131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4774003913442942872432221992432994354525315714193429431042144583573914071361
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NE
25
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNE
25
NE
35
NE
30
NE
20
N
35
S
40
SSW
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrossononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:45AM
1.24
12:37PM
1.34
1:34AM
1.28
1:30PM
1.21
2:29AM
1.32
2:35PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:28PM
0.13
6:33AM
0.40
7:07PM
0.17
7:35AM
0.43
7:52PM
0.23
8:48AM
0.43
Fri
23
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Sunrise----6:07-------6:07-------6:09---
Sunset8:06-------8:05-------8:05-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020181821212222212121222525242323222120212122
Feels °C (?)171819181820181920202223232623212223191716181819
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