The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 10 am 09 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
20.4°C
1.4° 

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 (09 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (09 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with SSE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 10s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 4PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 10:00am October 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Oct)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (09 Oct)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (09 Oct)5ft (1.6m)10s

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 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Fri morning). Mainly fresh winds.

Friday
9
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
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)
3
2
0
0
1
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.8
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
2
SSE
11
1.8
SSE
10
1.7
SSE
10
1.6
SSE
10
1.5
SSE
10
1.4
SSE
9
1.2
SSE
9
1.1
SE
9
0.9
SSE
8
0.8
SSE
8
0.7
SE
8
0.6
SE
8
0.6
SSE
8
0.5
SE
8
0.4
NE
8
0.7
S
5
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
0.6
S
6
1.1
NE
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
800
890
873
687
555
452
394
313
216
178
123
86
67
50
40
32
21
25
23
25
26
51
Wind (km/h)
5
NNW
5
ENE
20
E
30
ENE
25
NE
20
NE
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
15
N
15
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
10
W
15
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
25
ENE
20
ENE
10
NE
Wind State
off
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
off
off
off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross
cross
cross
High Tide
8:12AM1.51m
8:23PM1.55m
8:49AM1.58m
9:04PM1.49m
9:25AM1.63m
9:43PM1.41m
Low Tide
2:15PM0.25m
2:34AM0.18m
3:00PM0.22m
3:08AM0.21m
3:43PM0.21m
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clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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Temp °C
12
17
19
19
18
18
16
17
17
20
26
29
26
26
21
18
18
20
21
21
21
21
Feels °C
11
16
15
14
15
15
15
16
17
19
24
28
26
24
19
17
18
20
20
19
20
20
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