Shark Island (Cronulla) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 10 am Wednesday 21 Jan 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
23.0° C
(Which is 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 5PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Afternoon (21 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (21 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
0
1
2
1
3
3
1
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.9
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.1
SE
2.4
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SSE
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111888999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8877597929049219438627857857139811326735861476529593486577517451400400352
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
15
ESE
20
E
10
E
5
ENE
10
N
5
W
10
SSW
25
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40AM
1.62
11:25PM
1.18
11:17AM
1.56
12:06AM
1.23
11:58AM
1.48
12:50AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:22PM
0.10
4:59AM
0.35
5:57PM
0.11
5:46AM
0.38
6:33PM
0.14
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sat
24
Sunrise6:03-------6:05-------6:05-------
Sunset----8:07-------8:07-------8:06---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202122212020201920211919191918191919202019191918
Feels °C (?)192020181920192019181313131414161616171716171817
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