The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 28 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
18.9°C
0.0° 

The Cliff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Cliff today (28 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Sep, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 3PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (28 Sep)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (28 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Mon night, fresh winds from the NE by Wed afternoon).

Monday
28
Tuesday
29
Wednesday
30
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
S
8
1.4
SSE
8
1.2
S
8
1.2
S
8
1.1
S
8
1
S
8
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
9
1.1
SSE
10
1
SSE
10
1
S
10
1
S
10
0.9
S
10
0.5
SSE
17
0.7
SSE
16
0.9
SSE
16
0.8
SSE
16
0.8
SSE
16
0.7
SSE
15
0.8
SSE
15
0.8
SSE
14
0.7
S
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
264
270
200
195
161
140
211
217
210
201
188
188
145
166
283
376
337
320
234
288
280
195
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
ESE
10
E
10
NNE
10
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
20
ENE
30
NE
30
NE
15
NNE
Wind State
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
High Tide
8:53AM1.61m
9:11PM1.47m
9:32AM1.64m
9:56PM1.38m
10:15AM1.66m
Low Tide
3:07PM0.19m
3:12AM0.21m
3:54PM0.20m
3:50AM0.27m
4:47PM0.24m
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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5:31
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1
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Temp °C
15
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
16
15
14
12
12
18
22
21
19
19
Feels °C
12
12
12
13
13
13
14
13
13
14
12
12
11
12
11
9
10
16
18
15
14
16
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