Manly-South Steyne Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.80° S 151.30° E

Manly-South Steyne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 09 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Manly-South Steyne sea temperature is
16.8° C
1.2° 

Manly-South Steyne surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Manly-South Steyne today (09 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Aug, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 5s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Manly-South Steyne at 10PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm August 09). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)--
Afternoon (09 Aug)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (09 Aug)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

Table - waves today at Manly-South Steyne. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Mon afternoon, light winds from the W by Tue morning).

Sun
9
Monday
10
Tuesday
11
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
SSE
8
0.7
NE
4
0.7
NE
4
1
NE
5
1.9
NE
6
0.1
E
14
0.1
S
13
0.9
NNW
4
1.1
NNW
4
0.1
S
13
0.1
S
12
0.1
S
12
0.1
E
13
0.3
SSW
5
0.5
SSW
6
0.6
SSW
7
1
S
12
1.4
S
12
1.3
S
10
1.1
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
6
16
15
48
236
4
3
24
40
3
3
3
4
4
23
35
309
517
340
198
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNE
30
NE
40
NNE
30
N
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
35
WNW
35
WNW
30
W
25
W
15
W
20
W
10
W
10
W
25
W
25
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:10PM1.58m
6:05AM1.04m
6:08PM1.67m
7:01AM1.10m
7:01PM1.74m
Low Tide
10:26AM0.37m
00:08AM0.14m
11:31AM0.33m
1:02AM0.05m
12:29PM0.27m
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:20
5:21
5:21
 mm
3
2
1
1
Temp °C
18
17
13
14
15
16
13
12
16
14
14
14
14
15
14
16
19
19
14
12
Feels °C
14
12
9
9
8
10
6
4
7
5
6
7
8
10
10
11
15
15
8
6
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