The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

Issued: 10 am 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is

21.0°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 (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 8s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with E swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 2PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 10:00am November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	8s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	2ft (0.6m)	7s
Evening (02 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Monday 2						Tuesday 3								Wednesday 4								Thu 5
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	SSE 10	E 7	SSE 10	S 9	ENE 5	S 9	ENE 6	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	E 7	S 5	S 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	E 7	E 7
Wave Graph
kJ	45	31	34	31	31	29	25	39	72	90	117	253	194	157	114	100	182	219	161	73	56	39	31	23
Wind (km/h)	ESE	E	E	ENE	NE	NE	N	N	NNE	NNE	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	S	ESE	ENE	NNE	W	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				3:04PM1.55m				4:26AM1.20m				4:17PM1.50m					5:29AM1.29m				5:24PM1.46m
Low Tide		8:35AM0.63m				10:06PM0.32m				9:58AM0.61m					11:06PM0.32m				11:14AM0.55m				11:57PM0.30m


	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:50
	—	—	—	7:19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:21	—	—	—	7:22
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	6	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	22	21	20	21	18	19	18	19	20	20	19	18	17	17
Feels °C	21	20	18	17	17	18	18	18	17	19	22	17	18	24	15	16	16	17	19	19	20	19	17	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	S 7	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 9	S 9	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	S 9	S 9	S 8	S 8	ENE 7	E 7	E 7	E 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	45	23	31	31	27	26	25	21	24	14	13	6	5	157	114	79	64	153	110	73	56	39	27	18
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 4	SSE 10	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 17	S 16	S 16	S 16	S 8	SE 13	S 13	S 16	E 7	E 7	S 12	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 7
kJ	3	31	12	6	3	3	25	25	14	6	5	5	5	5	7	3	5	62	47	3	30	27	31	23
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 10	ESE 4	E 11	—	—	—	E 10	E 10	E 10	—	S 14	S 13	S 13	S 14	—	S 16	SE 13	S 16	S 14	S 16	S 12	ENE 8	ENE 8	NE 8
kJ	19	3	2	—	—	—	2	2	2	—	4	4	4	4	—	5	7	5	4	5	3	6	6	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 4	—	E 7	E 4	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 5	ENE 6	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	—	S 3	S 5	S 6	SSW 7	SSW 7	E 7	—	—	—	SSW 3
kJ	4	—	34	19	31	29	80	39	72	90	117	253	194	—	11	100	182	219	161	44	—	—	—	2
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	45	558	510	170	78	0	0	53	0	222	190	59	0	78	94	3	7	7	135	33	0	0	0
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Rating (10 max)	1	1				1	1	1	1	2			2	2			2	2	2		1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	1	4	4	3	3	3	3	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	1	4	4	1
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Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4

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