Malabar surf break

Malabar surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
21.0° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Malabar today?

The current surf forecast for Malabar at 1PM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)5s
Afternoon (17 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)6s

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


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Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.1
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
0.1
NE
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
0.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)551110677777711111111121216161113131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35121167285520000005071519832460249924692231
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
SSE
45
SSE
35
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:47AM
1.39
8:09PM
1.62
8:35AM
1.34
8:51PM
1.68
9:26AM
1.26
9:36PM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49PM
0.10
2:34AM
0.05
2:28PM
0.13
3:24AM
0.02
3:10PM
0.20
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Mon
20
Sunrise6:18-------6:18-------6:18-------
Sunset---5:30-------5:29-------5:28----
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----11-----------------
Temp. °C182126251817171615161717171716151415161718181716
Feels °C (?)151724231111121111131412121212111011121213141413
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