Shark Island (Cronulla) Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.06° S 151.16° E

Shark Island (Cronulla) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 31 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Shark Island (Cronulla) sea temperature is
17.0°C
0.7° 

Shark Island (Cronulla) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Shark Island (Cronulla) today (01 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Shark Island (Cronulla) at 2AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (01 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (01 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Wed morning, min 13°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon night, fresh winds from the WSW by Thu afternoon).

Mon
31
Tuesday
1
Wednesday
2
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
9
0.8
S
9
0.8
S
9
0.7
S
9
0.9
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
11
0.8
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
108
106
102
74
198
151
149
143
138
102
100
98
74
77
80
75
73
50
Wind (km/h)
20
NNE
10
NNW
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NE
15
NNE
25
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
WSW
20
NW
20
NW
Wind State
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
High Tide
10:15PM1.37m
10:47AM1.44m
11:01PM1.26m
11:33AM1.44m
Low Tide
4:12PM0.26m
4:27AM0.19m
5:02PM0.29m
5:05AM0.26m
6:00PM0.32m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:13
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:36
5:37
 mm
Temp °C
16
16
15
14
13
17
22
23
22
19
18
17
17
22
26
26
23
21
Feels °C
13
15
13
11
9
13
18
19
16
16
15
13
13
18
21
23
19
17
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Shark Island (Cronulla) surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest