Shark Island (Cronulla) Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.06° S 151.16° E

Shark Island (Cronulla) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Shark Island (Cronulla) sea temperature is
19.6°C
1.4° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with SE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Shark Island (Cronulla) at 1AM is: 1.4m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (10 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (10 Oct)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 28°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
2 PM
5 PM
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)
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SE
10
1.9
SE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
SE
10
1.4
SE
9
1.4
SE
9
1.2
SE
9
1.1
SE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.8
SE
8
0.9
ENE
6
0.9
NE
7
0.7
NE
8
0.7
NE
8
0.8
S
6
0.8
SSE
6
0.9
SSE
6
0.5
SE
6
0.5
SE
7
0.6
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
815
709
522
452
345
294
226
162
115
80
55
65
59
65
51
50
60
19
21
27
Wind (km/h)
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
10
NNE
10
WNW
20
W
15
N
10
NNE
5
NW
5
NNE
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
SSW
5
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
15
NE
5
NE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
High Tide
8:17PM1.44m
8:42AM1.50m
8:58PM1.38m
9:16AM1.54m
9:39PM1.30m
Low Tide
2:11PM0.22m
2:27AM0.14m
2:55PM0.17m
3:00AM0.18m
3:38PM0.15m
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Temp °C
18
18
18
18
17
16
16
20
26
28
26
22
17
17
17
19
21
20
19
19
Feels °C
14
14
15
16
17
15
14
19
25
27
25
19
14
15
17
19
19
18
19
21
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