Shark Island (Cronulla) surf break

Shark Island (Cronulla) surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 am Sunday 29 Mar 2026 AEDT
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Shark Island (Cronulla) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Shark Island (Cronulla) sea temperature is
24.3° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Shark Island (Cronulla) today?

The current surf forecast for Shark Island (Cronulla) at 9AM is: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 3.0m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)8ft (2.5m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

Table - waves today at Shark Island (Cronulla). (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM
Rating
(10 max)
7
5
5
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1211111110101010101099999988888161613
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)46843607288423641646131411089247165664653983463002581971581329593718417983
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
E
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:23AM
1.48
7:16PM
1.19
7:14AM
1.49
7:56PM
1.29
7:59AM
1.48
8:32PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
0.45
1:07PM
0.17
12:59AM
0.37
1:47PM
0.15
1:48AM
0.30
2:22PM
0.15
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise--7:03-------7:05-------7:05-----
Sunset-----6:54-------6:53-------6:52--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717182020202019181819202020201917172021222121
Feels °C (?)131313141717181919181819201818191917172019201920
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