The Cliff 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 32.94° S 151.77° E

Issued: 3 am 18 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Cliff sea temperature is

17.3° 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 (18 Aug):

Morning surf: Morning surf (18 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (18 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with ESE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (18 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for The Cliff at 6AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 03:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	7s
Evening (18 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 14°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 7	ENE 6
Wave Graph
kJ	132	132	117	120	144	127	127	122	125	122	98	92	88	196	189	199	169	137	70	66	51	60	70	93
Wind (km/h)	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ENE	NE	WNW	NW	NNE	E	ENE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NE	NE	NNE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross-off	off	glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	off
High Tide	11:35PM1.30m				12:12PM1.39m				00:16AM1.16m				12:59PM1.36m					1:04AM1.03m				1:52PM1.34m
Low Tide			5:46AM0.37m				6:30PM0.53m				6:20AM0.46m					7:31PM0.60m			6:59AM0.54m					8:45PM0.63m


	—	6:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	5:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:27	—	—
mm	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	16	15	15	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	21	21	21	20
Feels °C	12	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	11	13	18	17	18	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 8	S 11	S 11	ESE 7	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 10	ESE 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	E 7	E 6
kJ	35	132	117	34	56	55	127	122	125	122	98	84	68	196	189	199	169	137	70	66	51	60	70	34
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 12	S 8	S 8	S 12	ESE 15	SE 14	S 11	ESE 12	ESE 11	ESE 11	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	S 9	S 8	S 8	E 11	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 7
kJ	25	35	34	10	21	47	55	85	85	109	97	92	88	14	12	12	10	3	2	2	8	2	8	17
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 11	SE 10	SE 11	SE 15	E 10	S 17	ESE 13	S 11	S 10	S 10	S 10	S 9	S 9	—	—	S 15	—	E 11	E 11	—	S 14	S 14	S 13	E 10
kJ	12	28	18	9	8	6	65	55	30	29	29	26	24	—	—	4	—	10	2	—	4	4	4	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 7	—	—	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	—	—	E 5	—	—	—	—	E 3	NE 4	NE 4	NE 4	NE 5	NE 5	—	—	ENE 6	ENE 6	ENE 6
kJ	132	—	—	120	144	127	—	—	25	—	—	—	—	5	16	31	26	40	25	—	—	48	64	93
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Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	115	33	33	77	222	133	33	33	4	0	0	0	33	283	33	0	0	0	0	0	10	88	0	0
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Rating (10 max)		1	1				2	2	2	2	2	2	1		2	2	2	1	1	1	1		1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	8	9	6	9	4	3	6	3	4	3	5	5	2	2	2	5	5	5	5	5	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	8	9	6	9	7	7	6	6	9	6	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5

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