The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
18.7°C
0.2° 

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 (10 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Sep, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 9s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 3AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.1m 26s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (10 Sep)7ft (2.1m)10s
Evening (10 Sep)7ft (2.2m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri night, min 12°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed night, calm by Fri night).

Wed
9
Thursday
10
Friday
11
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
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
3
S
8
3.5
S
9
3.5
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
3
SSE
10
2.4
SSE
10
2.2
SSE
9
2.1
S
10
2.2
S
9
2.5
S
10
2.4
S
10
2.3
S
10
2.2
S
10
1.8
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1204
1610
2014
1980
1608
1021
757
809
830
1209
1160
1087
970
614
528
451
391
344
Wind (km/h)
40
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
25
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
glassy
High Tide
6:59PM1.74m
7:38AM1.42m
7:45PM1.73m
8:18AM1.49m
8:28PM1.67m
Low Tide
1:33AM0.11m
1:27PM0.25m
2:11AM0.10m
2:14PM0.21m
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:00
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:39
5:40
 mm
1
Temp °C
16
15
15
14
12
13
14
15
15
15
15
13
13
15
16
16
16
17
Feels °C
8
6
6
7
7
8
9
11
11
11
11
10
10
12
14
14
15
17
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