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Manly-South Steyne surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Friday 30 Jan 2026 AEDT
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Manly-South Steyne surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Manly-South Steyne sea temperature is
22.5° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Manly-South Steyne today?

The current surf forecast for Manly-South Steyne at 12PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (30 Jan)4ft (1.2m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
S
1.5
ENE
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.6
E
0.2
S
1.4
ENE
2.2
S
3
S
3.5
S
Period(s) (?)101010108456776696814881288689
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)987663614640748727261687144616551125039210651670
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
10
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
20
NE
25
NNE
10
ENE
5
NW
20
NE
20
NNE
25
S
45
S
40
S
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		oncrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45AM
1.61
7:38PM
1.04
7:40AM
1.70
8:31PM
1.10
8:30AM
1.75
9:18PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:02AM
0.36
1:42PM
0.12
1:03AM
0.32
2:33PM
0.04
1:58AM
0.27
3:20PM
-0.01
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise--6:13-------6:13-------6:15-----
Sunset------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------311
Temp. °C212020222423232222222224252523232222232624212019
Feels °C (?)232222222220212123242323232323232425232523161512
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