Manly-South Steyne Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.80° S 151.30° E

Manly-South Steyne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Manly-South Steyne sea temperature is
18.9°C
0.6° 

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 (30 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 15s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 11s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Manly-South Steyne at 1AM is: 0.7m 16s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 29). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Sep)2ft (0.6m)15s
Afternoon (30 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (30 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 27°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NE on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri morning).

Tue
29
Wednesday
30
Thursday
1
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
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
S
9
0.6
SSE
17
0.7
SSE
16
0.7
SSE
16
0.7
SSE
15
0.6
S
15
0.6
S
15
0.5
S
14
1.4
NE
6
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
11
0.4
SSE
11
1.3
NE
6
0.4
S
10
0.3
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
139
219
276
263
246
161
155
106
138
64
64
65
64
61
38
101
35
17
Wind (km/h)
25
NE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:57PM1.25m
10:14AM1.55m
10:49PM1.14m
11:03AM1.52m
Low Tide
3:49AM0.23m
4:50PM0.16m
4:32AM0.31m
5:50PM0.21m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
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Temp °C
16
16
14
14
13
19
21
19
19
19
20
20
20
25
27
23
21
23
Feels °C
11
13
11
11
11
16
16
14
15
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21
23
17
16
19
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