The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
21.0°C
1.2° 

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 (02 Nov):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSE 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 7AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 10:00pm November 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Afternoon (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (02 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 23°C on Tue afternoon, min 18°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the NE by Tue afternoon).

Sun
1
Monday
2
Tuesday
3
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)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.5
S
10
0.7
S
8
0.7
SSE
8
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
SSE
10
0.4
S
9
0.8
ENE
5
1.2
NE
6
0.4
S
9
0.9
ENE
5
1.3
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
1.6
ENE
6
1.3
ENE
7
1
ENE
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
36
34
46
65
67
31
31
30
27
31
86
25
41
124
68
182
141
105
Wind (km/h)
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
S
0
SE
15
E
20
ENE
25
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
35
NE
30
NE
15
NNE
20
S
Wind State
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-on
High Tide
3:12AM1.14m
3:04PM1.55m
4:26AM1.20m
4:17PM1.50m
Low Tide
8:59PM0.32m
8:35AM0.63m
10:06PM0.32m
9:58AM0.61m
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Temp °C
19
19
18
18
18
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21
20
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18
18
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22
23
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21
21
Feels °C
19
19
18
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21
20
18
16
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22
19
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