The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 pm 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
21.1°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 (03 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Nov, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 6s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 10PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)--
Afternoon (03 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (03 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 24°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NE on Tue afternoon, light winds from the WSW by Thu night).

Tue
3
Wednesday
4
Thursday
5
Fri
6
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
2 AM
5 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ENE
6
1.4
ENE
6
1.4
ENE
6
1.8
NE
7
1
ENE
7
0.8
ENE
7
1.3
S
6
1.3
S
7
1.2
SSW
7
0.9
S
7
0.7
S
6
0.5
S
6
0.4
ESE
7
0.8
SSW
4
0.8
S
5
1.2
S
6
1.6
S
7
1.8
S
8
1.9
S
8
2
S
9
1.9
S
9
1.7
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
55
135
139
303
105
62
126
150
139
69
37
18
18
17
31
92
236
377
488
646
588
463
Wind (km/h)
20
NE
40
NE
10
NNW
15
SW
30
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
5
NE
10
N
15
WSW
10
W
20
SW
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
10
SSW
5
WSW
Wind State
cross
cross
off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
on
on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
4:17PM1.50m
5:29AM1.29m
5:24PM1.46m
6:20AM1.39m
6:23PM1.43m
Low Tide
11:06PM0.32m
11:14AM0.55m
11:57PM0.30m
12:19PM0.46m
00:41AM0.29m
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9
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Temp °C
24
20
18
18
18
17
18
19
20
20
19
18
18
16
17
18
18
17
17
17
16
15
Feels °C
22
15
18
17
14
14
16
17
20
19
20
18
16
15
14
12
12
12
13
14
14
14
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