Shark Island (Cronulla) 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.06° S 151.16° E

Issued: 9 am 11 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Shark Island (Cronulla) sea temperature is

17.5° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Shark Island (Cronulla) today (11 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (11 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 11s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for Shark Island (Cronulla) at 5PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 09:00am July 11). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s
Afternoon (11 Jul)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (11 Jul)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the W on Sat night, light winds from the WNW by Mon night).
	Saturday 11						Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue 14
	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	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 12	ESE 11	E 11	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 8	S 7
Wave Graph
kJ	225	194	196	176	238	225	149	146	114	86	55	52	35	28	16	16	15	7	11	10	22	21	5	4
Wind (km/h)	WNW	NW	NNW	NE	NNE	NW	NNW	NNW	W	W	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	W	WNW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross	cross	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross
High Tide	5:04AM1.06m				5:27PM1.63m				6:13AM1.08m				6:23PM1.73m					7:14AM1.12m				7:17PM1.81m
Low Tide			10:44AM0.32m				00:19AM0.16m				11:44AM0.30m					1:17AM0.05m			12:42PM0.28m					2:11AM-0.02m


	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:58
	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:01	—	—	—	5:02
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	10	11	15	17	16	14	13	12	12	12	14	14	12	11	10	10	11	14	17	18	14	13	12	11
Feels °C	7	7	12	13	12	10	8	6	5	5	6	7	6	6	4	4	6	9	11	14	10	10	9	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 9	SE 9	SE 8	SE 8	E 11	E 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 6	ESE 8	ESE 8	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 8	S 7
kJ	225	194	136	129	238	225	149	146	114	86	55	52	35	28	16	16	8	7	7	10	22	21	5	4
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 13	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 11	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	N 4	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SSW 6	SSW 6	ESE 9	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 6	SE 8	E 8	S 11	S 11
kJ	137	172	196	176	77	67	45	33	6	17	15	10	6	2	3	8	15	3	3	3	3	1	2	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 15	S 15	S 16	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 15	S 14	SE 8	NE 4	—	S 12	S 12	S 5	SE 8	S 11	S 11	S 6	S 12	ESE 8	E 11	E 11	E 8	E 8
kJ	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	33	1	—	3	3	1	2	9	9	3	11	7	2	2	1	1
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	N 2	NNE 3	N 4	N 3	N 3	W 3	W 4	W 4	WSW 4	W 4	W 3	WNW 3	W 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 3	WNW 2	NW 2	NNW 2	NNW 2
kJ	—	—	—	1	10	19	4	8	4	12	13	14	12	6	3	5	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	33	33	32	54	20	76	115	35	35	106	209	35	15	210	244	210
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1					1
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	4	1	1	1	1	6	1	1	4	1	1	6	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	7	5	5	5	4	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5

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