Manly surf break

Manly surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Thursday 12 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
23.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Manly today?

The current surf forecast for Manly at 2PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am March 12). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (12 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (12 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ENE
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
2.1
S
2.1
S
2.4
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.9
E
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)101212121111111299889101010101010999108
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3836996865964915535736257317398221064131612909721006808630470333276232146107
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
15
E
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27PM
0.84
4:32AM
1.23
5:40PM
0.88
5:34AM
1.29
6:32PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.49
9:35PM
0.59
11:44AM
0.44
10:52PM
0.57
12:33PM
0.36
11:55PM
0.50
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sun
15
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------
Sunset---7:16-------7:15-------7:15----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C222322212120201919201919202020202020212120201918
Feels °C (?)192019181918181717171313141516171818191817171817
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