Manly surf break

Manly surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 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 slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Manly today?

The current surf forecast for Manly at 4AM is: 1.4m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (19 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (19 Nov)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.4
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.5
S
1.9
NE
2.3
NE
2.5
NE
1.7
NE
1.4
NE
1.3
ENE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.9
NE
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.6
SSE
1.8
SSE
2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SE
Period(s) (?)4566677167888888876666777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28581379897789312131558984437124819813311779196206218280400406330
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
20
NNE
10
N
5
WNW
5
W
5
ENE
25
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
20
NNE
5
WNW
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
25
SE
35
S
25
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
onononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:03PM
1.09
8:12AM
1.50
8:43PM
1.07
8:44AM
1.52
9:22PM
1.05
9:19AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43AM
0.33
2:51PM
0.22
2:16AM
0.35
3:28PM
0.19
2:49AM
0.37
4:06PM
0.19
Tue
18
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Sunrise----5:41-------5:41-------5:39---
Sunset-------7:37-------7:38-------7:39
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918171924232221201918182020191818181717171717
Feels °C (?)151717161722191817182016161918151515141212131313
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