Manly surf break

Manly surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Monday 30 Mar 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
23.9° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Manly today?

The current surf forecast for Manly at 11PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)--
Afternoon (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)999988881616161313131616151414136666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)377318273233193154114931811762348512183127240167144918074605053
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
5
NNE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononcrosscrosscrossononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52PM
1.26
7:55AM
1.45
8:28PM
1.35
8:36AM
1.41
9:01PM
1.42
9:14AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:42PM
0.14
1:44AM
0.29
2:17PM
0.13
2:29AM
0.23
2:49PM
0.15
3:10AM
0.20
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise------7:05-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset-6:52-------6:52-------6:51------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212120201918182021222121201919212222212120201921
Feels °C (?)201918191918182019191920201920212120192020212021
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