The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 9 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
18.5°C
0.0° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 12s period with S swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 5AM is: 1.1m 6s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (04 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (04 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 29°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.4
SSE
10
1.2
SSW
6
1.1
SSW
6
0.8
S
12
1.2
S
11
1
S
10
0.8
S
9
0.7
S
8
0.4
SSE
12
0.5
S
11
0.5
S
10
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
9
0.6
S
9
0.5
S
9
0.5
S
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
52
51
33
93
74
177
326
183
95
65
51
64
54
94
62
58
40
41
Wind (km/h)
20
W
20
W
15
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
0
E
10
E
20
ENE
25
NNE
15
NW
10
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
High Tide
00:54AM1.12m
1:26PM1.51m
2:14AM1.04m
2:41PM1.52m
Low Tide
7:02PM0.42m
6:42AM0.47m
8:22PM0.44m
7:51AM0.54m
9:49PM0.40m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:07
6:05
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:37
5:37
 mm
Temp °C
23
19
16
15
14
16
18
19
17
18
17
15
15
20
28
29
27
25
Feels °C
19
15
13
13
12
15
15
14
13
15
14
11
11
16
25
24
23
22
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