Shark Island (Cronulla) surf break

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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm 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
24.0° C
(Which is 1.5°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 9PM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSE
3
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
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010109999998888816161312161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164615561108924716566465398346300258202162132114937383124824787183174
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
WSW
5
W
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
N
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16PM
1.19
7:14AM
1.49
7:56PM
1.29
7:59AM
1.48
8:32PM
1.37
8:40AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:07PM
0.17
12:59AM
0.37
1:47PM
0.15
1:48AM
0.30
2:22PM
0.15
2:33AM
0.24
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise------7:05-------7:05-------7:05-
Sunset-6:54-------6:53-------6:52------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020191918181920202020181717202222212119191822
Feels °C (?)161717171817181919181819181717202019192019191721
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