The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

Issued: 9 pm 21 Jul 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Cliff sea temperature is

18.7° 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 (22 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 9s period with ENE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (22 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 3AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 09:00pm July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Afternoon (22 Jul)	2.5ft (0.8m)	9s
Evening (22 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 8°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Tue 21		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	ENE 10	E 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	SSW 5
Wave Graph
kJ	196	201	188	147	147	118	118	90	88	88	86	79	59	57	56	39	39	58
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	S	WSW	WSW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				1:46AM1.15m				2:44PM1.37m				2:44AM1.04m				3:40PM1.40m
Low Tide		8:07PM0.64m				7:57AM0.50m				9:20PM0.66m				8:41AM0.54m


	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:50	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:07	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	14	12	12	13	19	20	19	16	15	13	13	15	18	19	16	13
Feels °C	13	14	12	9	8	8	15	16	16	12	11	9	9	11	14	17	9	6
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 10	ENE 10	E 10	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	ENE 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9
kJ	196	201	188	147	147	118	118	90	88	88	86	79	59	57	56	39	39	39
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	SSW 5	SSW 6	SE 8	S 9
kJ	31	31	31	17	17	17	17	18	20	21	9	8	8	8	3	3	3	2
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 15	SSE 14	SSE 14	S 14	S 14	S 13	S 12	NNW 3	NNW 3	—	—	—	E 10	S 5	S 10	S 10	S 10	SE 8
kJ	21	21	19	4	4	3	3	1	1	—	—	—	2	2	8	8	2	3
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 4	NE 4	—	—	—	NW 3	NW 3	—	NW 3	—	W 2	W 3	W 3	W 3	SW 5	—	SW 6	SSW 5
kJ	8	24	—	—	—	2	3	—	2	—	1	2	2	1	11	—	8	58
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	109	110
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	2	4	2	4	6
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	8	5	6	4	4	4	4

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