Shark Island (Cronulla) Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.06° S 151.16° E

Shark Island (Cronulla) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Shark Island (Cronulla) sea temperature is
20.7°C
2.0° 

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 (28 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Shark Island (Cronulla) at 5AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm October 27). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Oct)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (28 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Evening (28 Oct)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 21°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
7
0.7
SSE
7
0.6
SSE
7
0.7
S
8
0.7
S
8
0.8
S
7
1.1
S
7
0.5
S
8
0.7
SE
5
0.8
SSE
7
0.9
SSE
10
1.2
S
10
1.4
S
10
1.3
S
10
1.3
S
11
1.6
S
11
1.6
S
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
94
71
52
38
61
55
68
120
32
30
60
163
296
402
347
410
606
551
Wind (km/h)
5
NNE
15
SW
15
WSW
15
W
25
W
20
WSW
20
SSW
25
SSE
15
SE
5
SSE
5
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
15
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
SE
5
SE
Wind State
glassy
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
10:04PM1.27m
10:12AM1.72m
10:57PM1.20m
11:00AM1.70m
Low Tide
3:47AM0.23m
4:55PM0.04m
4:31AM0.29m
5:51PM0.06m
rain showers
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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Temp °C
18
17
16
14
15
19
21
17
16
16
15
13
14
17
17
18
17
17
Feels °C
18
15
12
9
9
13
15
12
13
15
14
11
11
14
14
15
15
16
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