Manly surf break

Manly surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
22.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Manly today?

The current surf forecast for Manly at 8AM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)5s
Evening (08 Jan)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NE
1.3
NNE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1.2
NE
1.4
NE
1.8
NE
2
NE
1.8
NE
1.8
NE
1.6
NE
1.6
NE
1.9
NE
2.5
NE
3
NE
3
NE
3
NE
2.5
NE
2.4
NE
2.1
NE
1.6
NE
2.1
NE
2.5
NE
2.1
NE
Period(s) (?)566655677777778899888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)71105545476115248345317322289289362704119511411347943830569355507755604
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NE
30
NE
35
NE
40
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
15
N
10
SSW
40
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47AM
1.15
12:36PM
1.43
1:36AM
1.17
1:22PM
1.27
2:27AM
1.19
2:12PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:21AM
0.41
7:17PM
0.17
7:19AM
0.48
7:56PM
0.26
8:24AM
0.53
8:36PM
0.33
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise--5:52-------5:52-------5:54-----
Sunset------8:08-------8:08-------8:08-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222122272726232221202125262624242324293537362921
Feels °C (?)222121242423202020192024232220242322263135343016
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