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Malabar surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Tuesday 20 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
23.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malabar today?

The current surf forecast for Malabar at 2PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 1.2m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Afternoon (20 Jan)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (20 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
2
1
1
1
4
3
3
2
2
0
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
0.9
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.7
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.9
SE
1.5
ESE
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.2
SE
1.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)88111111111111111111111111111111111111117810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24421117327070088710089908877597599049218228627857856617914891167582573439
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SW
15
S
15
SE
20
E
10
E
5
ENE
5
N
5
NW
5
WSW
20
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:59AM
1.61
10:42PM
1.11
10:35AM
1.59
11:20PM
1.15
11:12AM
1.53
12:01AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:44PM
0.10
4:11AM
0.33
5:17PM
0.09
4:54AM
0.34
5:52PM
0.10
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Fri
23
Sunrise6:03-------6:03-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:06---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212221212120201920202121202020191921201920191919
Feels °C (?)191918181918181718181918191919191918151214131314
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