Manly-South Steyne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.80° S 151.30° E

Issued: 3 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's Manly-South Steyne sea temperature is

18.3° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Manly-South Steyne today (12 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Manly-South Steyne at 6AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 12). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Afternoon (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Evening (12 Jul)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 19°C on Mon afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tuesday 14
	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 11	S 11	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 20	S 16	S 12	S 11	S 11
Wave Graph
kJ	149	146	114	77	75	52	35	28	16	16	9	10	10	11	10	9	5	4	4	8	5	12	23	21
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	W	WNW	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	SW	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	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	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off
High Tide			6:08AM1.05m				6:19PM1.70m					7:10AM1.08m				7:13PM1.78m				8:05AM1.12m				8:05PM1.82m
Low Tide	00:15AM0.15m				11:39AM0.29m					1:13AM0.05m			12:36PM0.26m					2:07AM-0.03m				1:31PM0.24m


	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:02	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	12	12	16	16	13	12	11	11	11	14	18	19	15	13	13	12	13	14	19	19	16	14
Feels °C	8	7	7	5	9	10	7	7	5	5	6	9	13	15	10	9	10	8	9	9	14	14	11	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 12	S 11	S 11
kJ	149	146	114	77	75	52	35	28	16	16	8	7	7	11	10	9	5	4	4	4	4	12	23	21
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	S 11	S 9	S 8	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 7	E 8	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	45	45	33	17	15	10	6	3	2	13	5	4	3	3	3	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	1
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 14	NNE 4	NE 4	—	S 6	S 6	SSW 6	SE 8	SE 8	S 11	S 11	S 12	SE 8	SE 8	E 11	E 8	E 8	E 8	S 20	S 16	—	E 11	E 10
kJ	4	4	6	1	—	1	1	3	3	2	9	10	10	3	3	2	1	1	1	8	5	—	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 3	N 3	NW 3	W 3	W 3	W 3	W 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	NW 3	WNW 2	WNW 3	WNW 2	—	—	NW 2	NW 2	WNW 2	—	SW 3	SW 3
kJ	4	8	5	7	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	2	1	1	1	—	—	1	1	1	—	3	6
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Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	10	1	1	1	0	23	1	3	3	3	104	3	3	74	178	145	178	178	212	280	280	280	280	348
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	1	9	3	1	1	4	1	1	4	5	9	9	9	5	7
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Rating (10 max)	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	9	9	9	6	7

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