The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 am 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
18.8° 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 (12 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (12 Jul, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 10s period with SE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 9s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 7AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am July 12). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (12 Jul)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (12 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
SE
10
1.1
SE
10
0.9
ESE
10
0.9
SE
10
0.7
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
10
0.6
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
ESE
9
0.4
SE
9
0.3
ESE
9
0.4
SSW
8
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
12
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
11
0.2
S
8
0.1
S
20
0.1
S
19
0.1
S
16
0.2
S
13
0.3
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
250
220
164
134
80
60
58
33
32
21
16
22
11
11
11
10
9
9
5
8
7
5
13
24
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
15
W
15
NNW
15
W
15
W
Wind State
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
6:15AM1.19m
6:28PM1.83m
7:17AM1.23m
7:23PM1.91m
8:13AM1.29m
8:15PM1.95m
Low Tide
00:23AM0.32m
11:45AM0.42m
1:21AM0.22m
12:44PM0.39m
2:14AM0.14m
1:41PM0.37m
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:54
6:54
6:54
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:01
5:01
5:02
 mm
Temp °C
12
11
12
13
17
17
14
12
11
10
9
11
14
17
15
12
11
11
11
13
17
18
17
14
Feels °C
9
7
7
7
10
10
8
6
4
4
3
5
8
11
9
8
6
6
6
7
13
14
13
10
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