Manly surf break

Manly surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 AEDT
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Manly surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Manly sea temperature is
24.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Manly today?

The current surf forecast for Manly at 6PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)9s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)5s

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

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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSE
0.6
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)699655555555556666666699
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8568138655047534334262533558371555243454233327433
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
15
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:13AM
1.57
10:49PM
1.34
10:53AM
1.50
11:29PM
1.38
11:35AM
1.39
12:12AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
0.06
4:43AM
0.23
5:15PM
0.09
5:30AM
0.24
5:51PM
0.14
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise6:31-------6:33-------6:33-------
Sunset---7:43-------7:42-------7:40----
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222324232322222222232423232323222226242423232322
Feels °C (?)242524222322222222222322232426252527222425252626
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