The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

Issued: 3 am 13 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cliff sea temperature is

18.3°C

The Cliff surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Cliff today (13 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 8AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 03:00am September 13). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (13 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

	Short Range Forecast Some drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 24°C on Tue morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNE on Sun morning, strong winds from the S by Tue night).
	Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	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	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SSE 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 11	S 10	NE 6	NE 6	S 10	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	NE 6	NE 6	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	ENE 7	S 4
Wave Graph
kJ	154	124	113	110	113	143	141	132	170	75	134	132	89	85	83	95	75	32	31	30	17	15	15	14
Wind (km/h)	NNE	N	NNW	NNE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	N	NE	NE	NE	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	SSE	SE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				9:33AM1.54m				9:47PM1.46m					10:10AM1.53m				10:25PM1.32m				10:48AM1.50m
Low Tide		3:21AM0.17m				3:43PM0.24m				3:53AM0.24m					4:26PM0.31m				4:24AM0.32m				5:12PM0.39m


	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:54	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:52	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:42	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:44	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	15	14	13	17	19	20	17	17	16	15	16	21	23	22	21	22	19	18	19	24	21	17	17	14
Feels °C	12	12	11	16	15	14	11	13	13	12	13	18	20	18	18	20	16	15	16	21	18	15	14	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	SSE 10	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 11	S 10	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	S 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 7	S 9	ENE 7	ENE 6
kJ	154	120	113	110	113	143	141	80	42	29	134	132	89	85	83	53	34	21	19	13	17	15	15	8
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 20	ENE 5	E 5	ENE 5	SSE 16	SSE 17	E 13	S 10	S 10	S 10	E 6	ENE 6	ENE 6	E 12	E 12	S 10	S 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 10	S 10	ENE 7	S 9	E 14
kJ	131	18	12	8	52	29	13	102	102	75	18	12	10	3	3	56	51	32	31	30	16	10	14	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 13	SSE 19	SSE 18	SSE 18	E 13	ENE 13	—	E 13	E 13	SSE 12	E 13	E 13	E 13	E 10	E 10	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 12	E 13	E 13	E 14	E 14	E 10
kJ	3	124	109	61	13	17	—	3	3	52	13	13	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ENE 5	ENE 5	ENE 6	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 4	ENE 5	NE 6	NE 6	—	—	—	SE 2	SE 4	S 4	S 4
kJ	23	26	26	22	7	54	100	132	170	—	—	—	28	18	55	95	75	—	—	—	1	10	8	14
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	78	284	152	78	0	0	0	0	91	78	33	0	0	0	0	0	714	218	99	110
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1			2	2	2	2	1		1	1	2	2	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	2	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	8	5	5	5	5	5

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