The Boot surfForecast / NSW – Sydney South Coast / Australia

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 9 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 AEST
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The Boot surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Boot sea temperature is
18.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at The Boot today?

The current surf forecast for The Boot at 1PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (16 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (16 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)6s

Table - waves today at The Boot. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1.4
NNE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.4
S
0.7
S
Period(s) (?)667766788888887116888771110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)755946455020590105124908853503231112357299183133968580122
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
WNW
15
NW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
S
15
SSW
25
WSW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
5
WSW
15
E
15
E
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49PM
1.42
5:01AM
0.99
4:54PM
1.45
5:54AM
1.06
5:48PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:06AM
0.51
10:55PM
0.25
10:22AM
0.47
11:48PM
0.20
11:24AM
0.41
12:31AM
0.17
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise5:54-------5:52-------5:50-------
Sunset---5:45-------5:46-------5:46----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192226262321201917192222181514141315161717161413
Feels °C (?)141720212019191715161918129910914141415141211
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for NSW - Sydney South Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at The Boot (calm at Edgecliff wx 5 km from The Boot). 0.5m 6s windswell from the NE with a 0.2m 8s swell from the SSE and a 0.1m 13s groundswell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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