Manly-South Steyne Surf Break

Lat Long: 33.80° S 151.30° E

Manly-South Steyne 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 16 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Manly-South Steyne sea temperature is
17.3° 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 (16 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Jul, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 7s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Manly-South Steyne at 7PM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jul)--
Afternoon (16 Jul)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (16 Jul)6ft (1.9m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 16mm), heaviest on Thu night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri night).

Thu
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.2
S
8
2.2
S
7
2
S
7
1.9
SSE
7
1.6
SSE
7
1.2
S
6
1.3
SSE
6
0.6
E
6
0.6
E
6
0.7
E
7
0.7
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.8
E
7
0.6
S
10
0.3
S
21
0.7
S
10
0.9
E
7
0.9
E
7
0.9
E
7
1
E
8
1.1
E
8
1.1
E
8
0.3
SSE
18
0.4
SSE
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
558
537
423
352
212
120
117
22
22
53
53
69
67
69
79
90
74
79
86
110
149
157
60
100
Wind (km/h)
35
S
30
S
30
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
9:43PM1.74m
10:35AM1.20m
10:31PM1.63m
11:23AM1.23m
11:18PM1.47m
Low Tide
3:17PM0.24m
4:29AM-0.03m
4:10PM0.28m
5:12AM0.04m
5:04PM0.33m
5:53AM0.13m
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cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:56
6:56
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5:04
5:04
5:05
5:06
 mm
1
2
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
16
16
15
15
15
15
16
16
16
16
16
15
16
16
17
17
17
17
17
17
16
15
16
Feels °C
8
10
11
12
13
13
14
14
14
14
15
15
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
14
14
12
13
14
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