The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
20.0°C
1.1° 

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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 9s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 5PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (08 Oct)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (08 Oct)5ft (1.6m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 25°C on Sat night, min 12°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.9
SSE
10
1.8
SSE
9
1.7
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.2
SE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
1.8
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
1.8
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
10
1.3
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
SE
9
0.9
SSE
8
0.9
SE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
710
577
474
413
371
216
360
368
800
890
873
687
555
411
349
276
211
178
123
98
67
51
Wind (km/h)
15
SW
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
5
S
5
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
ENE
20
E
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
10
NNW
5
SW
5
WNW
10
NNE
10
NE
20
ENE
5
NE
10
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
off
glassy
off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
7:32AM1.42m
7:39PM1.59m
8:12AM1.51m
8:23PM1.55m
8:49AM1.58m
9:04PM1.49m
Low Tide
1:27PM0.33m
1:59AM0.18m
2:15PM0.25m
2:34AM0.18m
3:00PM0.22m
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cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
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Temp °C
15
16
16
16
16
15
15
13
12
17
18
18
18
18
16
16
18
21
24
24
25
25
Feels °C
12
12
12
13
13
14
14
12
11
16
14
13
14
16
15
16
17
20
23
22
25
25
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