Manly surf break

Manly surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 28 Oct 2025 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Manly today?

The current surf forecast for Manly at 4AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (29 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (29 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
1.3
ENE
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)9999999999991212121212121111710107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)577521474333333240194194194235164171187496423413393264237182172128136160
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
NE
10
NE
5
ENE
5
N
5
ENE
5
ENE
15
E
10
NE
10
N
5
W
10
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
0
SW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
E
10
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29AM
0.89
2:11PM
1.26
3:41AM
0.94
3:17PM
1.27
4:42AM
1.03
4:20PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:22PM
0.38
7:32AM
0.60
9:23PM
0.36
8:51AM
0.61
10:19PM
0.30
10:08AM
0.56
Tue
28
Wednesday
29
Thursday
30
Friday
31
Sunrise----5:58-------5:56-------5:56---
Sunset-------7:19-------7:20-------7:20
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11296844542---1---------
Temp. °C141514141314141516151515161919181818171617192019
Feels °C (?)111212141314141415151514151718161718181618191917
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