Manly-South Steyne Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.80° S 151.30° E

Manly-South Steyne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 19 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Manly-South Steyne sea temperature is
17.6°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 (20 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (20 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 18s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (20 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 18s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Manly-South Steyne at 3AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (20 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (20 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)18s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 28°C on Mon morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Mon morning).

Sat
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
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
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
9
0.5
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.4
SSE
19
0.4
SSE
18
0.4
SSE
18
0.4
SSE
18
0.4
SSE
17
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.1
E
11
0.1
E
11
2.1
SSE
7
2.5
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
41
27
27
44
78
98
120
110
104
102
100
73
78
106
2
2
456
1064
Wind (km/h)
5
WNW
20
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
WNW
10
NNW
15
ENE
10
NNE
15
W
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
SW
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
3:20AM0.85m
3:17PM1.23m
4:28AM0.90m
4:18PM1.27m
Low Tide
9:23PM0.47m
8:26AM0.60m
10:27PM0.43m
9:42AM0.57m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:48
5:47
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:49
5:49
 mm
1
Temp °C
26
22
20
19
17
23
25
27
27
24
21
21
22
28
17
16
15
14
Feels °C
23
16
16
15
13
19
20
24
23
19
16
15
17
23
11
11
10
10
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