The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
19.1°C
0.6° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with SSE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 1PM is: 2.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (08 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (08 Sep)6ft (1.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Wed night. Very mild (max 16°C on Tue morning, min 11°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue night, strong winds from the S by Wed afternoon).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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)
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.5
S
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.3
SSE
9
2
SSE
8
1.9
SSE
8
1.8
SSE
8
1.7
SSE
9
1.6
SSE
9
1.4
SSE
8
1
S
8
1.4
SSE
8
2.2
S
7
3
SSE
8
3.5
SSE
9
3.5
SSE
10
3.5
S
10
3
SSE
10
3
S
10
2.4
SSE
9
2.4
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
11
2.5
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
1198
1073
808
562
498
450
433
371
275
140
256
522
1145
1667
2269
2120
1720
1568
940
1267
1324
1202
Wind (km/h)
30
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NW
10
NW
15
NW
10
W
30
S
40
S
35
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
glassy
off
off
off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:07AM1.21m
6:08PM1.71m
6:55AM1.32m
6:59PM1.74m
7:38AM1.42m
7:45PM1.73m
Low Tide
11:39AM0.42m
00:51AM0.15m
12:36PM0.33m
1:33AM0.11m
1:27PM0.25m
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
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<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:01
6:01
6:00
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:38
5:39
5:39
 mm
1
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
16
16
16
16
15
13
12
11
16
16
15
15
15
15
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
Feels °C
9
10
11
12
14
14
11
10
8
13
9
7
7
6
7
6
8
8
9
10
10
11
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