Manly surf break

Manly surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 AEST
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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
22.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Manly today?

The current surf forecast for Manly at 4PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.7
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.9
S
1.5
E
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
Period(s) (?)131313131414141413131313141414141515141214111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)195225225229331405487529506506590599736915104111591434135811961045920783811856
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
10
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
20
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
5
S
5
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
W
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:00PM
0.94
3:41AM
1.26
4:52PM
1.04
4:36AM
1.31
5:34PM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
0.39
9:15PM
0.59
10:36AM
0.32
10:22PM
0.52
11:18AM
0.24
11:18PM
0.43
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise6:13-------6:13-------6:15-------
Sunset---5:37-------5:36-------5:35----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192023242017161413162020171514131316182019181615
Feels °C (?)1715202114910989131210988812151816161312
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