The Cliff Surf Break

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 4 am 04 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is
19.1°C
0.2° 

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 (04 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 9AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 04:00am October 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (AEDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s
Afternoon (04 Oct)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (04 Oct)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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 Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun morning, fresh winds from the S by Tue night).

Sunday
4
Monday
5
Tuesday
6
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
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
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
1.1
E
8
0.8
ENE
8
0.9
ENE
8
1
E
8
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
9
0.9
ENE
10
0.9
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.8
ENE
10
0.7
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
0.6
ENE
9
0.7
ENE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
133
113
113
94
94
157
76
99
140
131
146
159
163
125
125
123
123
120
90
86
84
84
64
84
Wind (km/h)
10
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
S
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
W
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
SW
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
15
SE
15
ENE
5
ESE
5
W
Wind State
cross-off
off
off
glassy
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
cross
cross-off
off
off
glassy
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
High Tide
3:19AM1.05m
3:25PM1.54m
4:47AM1.10m
4:42PM1.55m
5:56AM1.20m
5:51PM1.58m
Low Tide
8:42AM0.60m
10:35PM0.35m
10:08AM0.60m
11:42PM0.30m
11:27AM0.53m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
—
7:26
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:26
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:24
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:55
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:57
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:58
—
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
19
16
16
22
24
20
19
19
18
16
16
18
22
24
22
19
19
19
18
24
23
22
21
21
Feels °C
18
16
15
22
23
17
18
19
17
13
15
18
20
21
19
18
18
18
16
23
20
19
21
21
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Cliff surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest