Malabar surf break

Malabar surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 12 Mar 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
23.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Malabar today?

The current surf forecast for Malabar at 9AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.8
SSE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.8
SSE
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1.8
SSE
0.9
E
0.8
E
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)1091012111281111101212121212111111101110998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)540471315628584520470482491614638547547464383300240235667184138294243194
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
30
SSW
35
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
E
15
E
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
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-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:19AM
1.21
4:27PM
0.84
4:31AM
1.23
5:40PM
0.88
5:33AM
1.29
6:32PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.49
9:35PM
0.59
11:43AM
0.44
10:52PM
0.57
12:33PM
0.36
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise--6:50-------6:50-------6:52-----
Sunset-----7:17-------7:15-------7:15--
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1---------------
Temp. °C242322222121212020191920192020202020202120212020
Feels °C (?)241918191817181717161616121314151516181917181717
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