Manly surf break

Manly surfForecast / NSW – Sydney North Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 3 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 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
19.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Manly today?

The current surf forecast for Manly at 10AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (19 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (19 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NE
1.1
NE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.9
ENE
1.1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.8
S
1.9
SSW
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)6610966666661010107991011988711
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176989285699156474552477148472929109712440274163995139
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
15
W
10
NNW
15
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
0
SW
5
NE
5
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglassonglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
1.15
6:34PM
1.49
7:13AM
1.23
7:14PM
1.48
7:46AM
1.30
7:52PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32AM
0.17
12:15PM
0.34
1:08AM
0.15
1:00PM
0.29
1:40AM
0.14
1:42PM
0.25
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise--5:48-------5:48-------5:47-----
Sunset-----5:47-------5:49-------5:49--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------1-----------------
Temp. °C141313182122181918171721212117141211101518201816
Feels °C (?)13111015171916151412131614151077661216171611
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney North Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Manly (calm at Sydney 11 km from Manly). 0.9m 6s windswell from the ENE with a 0.8m 10s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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