The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

Issued: 10 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is

21.4°C

The Cliff 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 The Cliff today (05 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 7s period with E swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 7s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 4PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	7s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	6s
Evening (05 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	7s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 26°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the SSW by Sat night).
	Thursday 5						Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	SSW 5	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 9
Wave Graph
kJ	16	39	66	108	279	594	716	537	435	393	347	240	153	118	94	73	54	40	40	27	210	546	829	1552
Wind (km/h)	W	SW	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW	W	SE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	NNW	WNW	WNW	W	E	ESE	S	S	SSW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide	6:20AM1.39m				6:23PM1.43m				7:04AM1.49m				7:14PM1.40m				7:43AM1.58m				7:59PM1.35m
Low Tide			12:19PM0.46m				00:41AM0.29m				1:14PM0.38m				1:19AM0.29m					2:02PM0.32m			1:54AM0.30m


	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48
	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	7:23
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—
Temp °C	18	21	19	18	18	17	17	14	15	18	19	19	19	18	16	15	18	25	26	24	18	16	14	12
Feels °C	14	15	13	12	13	13	15	12	14	17	16	14	14	16	15	14	16	24	24	22	13	10	7	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 7	E 7	ENE 8	ENE 7	ENE 9	S 8	S 8	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 9	SSE 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	E 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	S 9
kJ	16	15	21	10	26	430	539	537	435	393	347	240	153	118	94	73	54	35	24	23	42	28	28	999
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	—	E 8	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 14	E 8	E 8	ENE 5	ENE 6	E 9	E 9	E 9	ENE 9	E 9	NE 5	S 18	E 9
kJ	13	6	—	6	15	25	25	24	23	23	23	4	23	23	16	12	24	40	40	27	43	4	6	27
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 12	S 12	—	—	—	—	—	E 14	E 14	E 14	—	E 13	E 14	E 8	E 9	ENE 6	E 13	S 16	ENE 4	S 19	S 18	—	S 15
kJ	1	3	3	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	4	—	4	4	23	23	7	4	5	4	7	6	—	4
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 6	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 8	—	—	—	—	E 9	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	—	—	—	ENE 6	NE 4	S 6	S 7	S 8	S 9
kJ	10	39	66	108	279	594	716	—	—	—	—	73	15	20	37	—	—	—	15	13	210	546	829	1552
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4
Distance (km)	20	87	413	454	218	7	3	0	0	7	419	510	133	78	0	0	0	0	33	33	128	110	87	90
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Rating (10 max)	1					4	4	3	3	2				1	2	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	1	1	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	2	3	3	2	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	5	9	8	7	6	5	5

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