The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 am 06 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
18.6°C
0.1° 

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 (06 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 9s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Sep, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 4PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00am September 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (06 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the S by Mon night).

Sunday
6
Monday
7
Tuesday
8
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
0
0
1
3
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.4
S
9
0.4
S
9
1
S
7
1.2
S
8
1.5
S
8
2.5
S
10
2.3
S
10
1.9
S
10
1.5
S
9
1.4
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.3
SSE
8
1.5
SSE
9
1.5
SSE
9
2.1
SSE
8
2.5
SSE
8
3
SSE
9
2.5
SSE
9
2.2
SSE
9
2.1
SSE
9
2
SSE
9
1.9
SSE
10
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
27
27
108
176
291
1578
1098
646
348
270
229
211
336
328
547
792
1270
1060
792
708
673
618
Wind (km/h)
25
WNW
20
SW
20
S
20
SSE
25
S
15
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
20
E
15
ESE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
E
10
NNE
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
High Tide
3:58PM1.58m
5:08AM1.11m
5:08PM1.65m
6:07AM1.21m
6:08PM1.71m
Low Tide
9:11AM0.55m
11:04PM0.32m
10:30AM0.51m
00:02AM0.23m
11:39AM0.42m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:03
6:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
5:38
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
15
18
18
18
17
17
16
15
15
16
17
18
17
16
16
15
16
16
16
16
15
15
Feels °C
9
12
13
13
12
15
14
13
14
15
16
14
14
12
10
8
11
11
12
13
13
13
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