Manly-South Steyne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 33.80° S 151.30° E

Issued: 10 am 04 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Manly-South Steyne sea temperature is

20.5°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 (04 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Nov, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 13s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 5s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Manly-South Steyne at 2PM is: 0.6m 5s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	0.5ft (0.1m)	13s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	5s
Evening (04 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 4						Thursday 5								Friday 6								Sat 7
	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 13	S 6	S 5	E 6	S 5	E 7	E 7	E 6	E 6	E 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7
Wave Graph
kJ	6	38	21	38	13	32	23	13	13	15	367	453	742	1004	747	580	377	317	300	207	161	127	77	57
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSE	E	ENE	NE	N	WSW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	W	WNW	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross	off	off	off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off
High Tide	5:28AM1.19m				5:20PM1.31m				6:15AM1.30m				6:17PM1.27m				6:56AM1.39m				7:06PM1.23m
Low Tide			11:16AM0.44m				11:50PM0.19m				12:18PM0.37m				00:31AM0.20m				1:11PM0.29m				1:08AM0.22m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:25	—	—	—	7:27
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	20	20	19	18	19	17	17	18	17	18	17	17	16	14	15	18	18	18	18	18	17	15
Feels °C	17	18	18	18	19	18	17	14	12	12	11	13	12	13	13	12	13	16	13	13	14	15	17	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 7	S 6	ENE 6	S 5	ENE 6	E 7	ENE 8	E 6	ENE 8	NE 8	E 8	E 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7
kJ	50	38	43	14	40	32	26	13	24	17	33	34	11	26	747	580	377	317	300	207	161	127	77	57
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 13	ENE 7	S 5	SE 12	S 5	S 5	E 7	ENE 8	E 6	E 7	E 15	—	E 9	NE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 14	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 5	NE 5
kJ	6	58	21	6	13	8	23	25	13	15	4	—	14	2	26	26	26	25	4	25	25	25	27	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SE 12	SE 12	S 13	SE 12	ENE 8	S 5	S 5	S 8	S 12	E 15	E 15	—	—	—	—	E 15	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	E 14	ENE 8	ENE 8
kJ	2	6	6	3	6	6	4	2	1	3	4	4	—	—	—	—	4	4	4	4	4	4	24	24
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 6	SSW 6	—	E 6	NE 3	NE 3	SW 2	WSW 3	SSW 5	S 6	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	—	—	—	—	ENE 9	ENE 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—
kJ	59	50	—	38	1	2	1	3	30	86	367	453	742	1004	—	—	—	—	25	8	16	22	62	—
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	1
Distance (km)	8	1	99	117	4	1	1	1	1	152	518	615	185	8	0	0	0	28	524	28	28	28	3	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1			1	1	1	1	1					4	3	3	3						2	1
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